Reithrodontomys zacatecae

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Zacatecan Harvest Mouse

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Location:México, DUR, La MichilíaDate taken:2 August 2024

Distribution :

W Chihuahua to WC Michoacán, México.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7961

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: Reithrodontomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1901-11-29. Descriptions of 23 new harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys). Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3:547-558.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873489

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae

Type material

USNM:MAMM:91910

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34a6b92ef-436b-4591-94bc-4747bed295d5

Type locality

Sierra de Valparaíso, Zacatecus, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002370

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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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Reithrodontomys megalotis obscurus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:95277

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Chihuahua.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f69305a-d135-4dd3-82b6-30aafa0b1d66

Authority page

558

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873490

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:425, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys megalotis zacatecae

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zacatecae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:91910

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Todos Santos, Guatemala (altitude 10, 000 ft.).

Type locality

Mexico: Zacatecas.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34a6b92ef-436b-4591-94bc-4747bed295d5

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873489

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:425, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Howell (1914:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
Hooper (1952:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
Anderson (1972:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Hall (1981:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

Rhithrodontomys megalotis obscurus:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465912

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Rhithrodontomys megalotis zacatecæ:

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zacatecae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465912

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Reithrodontomys zacatecae:

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zacatecae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

743

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19419/115151808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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