Calomys callosus

(Rengger, 1830)

Large Vesper Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rengger, J.R. 1830. Naturgeschichte der Saeugethiere von Paraguay. Schweighauser, Basel, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231

Original name as described

Mus Callosus

Other common names

Big Laucha

Type locality

"am Ufer des Paraguaystromes, ungefähr unter dem sieben und zwanzigsten Breitengrade." Interpreted by P. Hershkovitz in 1962 as "opposite mouth of Río Bermejo, Department of Villa del Pilar, Paraguay." Restricted by J. R. Contreras in 1992 to vicinity of Ciudad Pilar, Corrientes, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002686

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Mus Callosus

Rengger, 1830

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

am Ufer des Paraguaystromes, ungefähr unter dem sieben und zwanzigsten Breitengrade

Type locality

Argentina: Corrientes.

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231

Authority publication

Basel

Name usages

Rengger (1830:231, https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68767)

Hesperomys callosus:

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476769

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Thomas (1916:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19824)
Gyldenstolpe (1932:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Eligmodontia callosa:

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331526

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1902:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16332)
Trouessart (1904:428, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Hesperomys muriculus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

muriculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.6.12

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

S.E. Bolivian lowlands. Type from San Antonio, Parapiti, on 20* S., about 250 km. south of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Alt. 600 m.

Type locality

Bolivia: Santa Cruz Department.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b47cb9d-acc3-4942-8af2-d594d5777a86

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196806

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys callosus callosus:

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Calomys callosus:

Hershkovitz, 1962

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745030

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1962:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2497)
Corbet & Hill (1980:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Anderson (1997:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3611/115065498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Calomys callosus callosus:

Hershkovitz, 1962

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745036

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1962:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2497)
Anderson (1997:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)

Calomys muriculus:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

muriculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

403

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Calomys hildebrandtii

Enría, J. N. Mills, Bausch, Shieh, & C. J. Peters, 2011

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hildebrandtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

453

Authority publication

Edinburgh

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