Nesoryzomys indefessus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Nesoryzomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124304

Original name as described

Oryzomys indefessus

Other common names

Santa Cruz Nesoryzomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1eac4aef-bf93-4909-9556-fd6ef877a157

Type locality

Academia Bay, Santa Cruz [= Indefatigable] I, Galapagos Is, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Galápagos Islands

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. narboroughi

Taxonomy notes citation

Dowler, R.C. 2015. Genus Nesoryzomys Heller, 1904. Pp. 390–393 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1290 pp. a#25334

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002612

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Oryzomys indefessus

O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

indefessus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Indefatigable Island, Galapagos

Type locality

Ecuador: Galápagos Islands.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1eac4aef-bf93-4909-9556-fd6ef877a157

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124304

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman (1941:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6150)
Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Nesoryzomys indefessus:

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

indefessus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:432, 433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Musser & Carleton (1993:713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14708/22390443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nesoryzomys indeffesus:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

indeffesus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

152

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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