Reithrodontomys rodriguezi

G. G. Goodwin, 1943

Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse

Probably undescribed species.
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Location:Costa Rica, Puntarenas province, Monteverde, Curi Cancha ReserveDate taken:20 December 2025Description:Probably undescribed species.

Distribution :

Patchily recorded in the Cordilleras Central and Talamancae, C Costa Rica.

Notes :

The species identification is uncertain. This individual may represent a different taxon.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8050

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Reithrodontomyini
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Subgenus: Aporodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1943-06-02. Two new harvest mice from Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 1231:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170674

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys rodriguezi

Type material

AMNH M-141195

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-141195

Type locality

Volcán de Irazú, 9400 ft (= 2865 m), Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002366

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

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Reithrodontomys rodriguezi

G. G. Goodwin, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rodriguezi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-141195

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Volcan Irazu, altitude 9400 feet, Province Cartago, Costa Rica

Type locality

Costa Rica.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-141195

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
Hooper (1952:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19415/22386189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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