Sigmodon ochrognathus

V. O. Bailey, 1902

Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat

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Location:USA, AZ, Cochise co., PortalDate taken:1 September 2012

Distribution :

SE Arizona, extreme SW New Mexico, and Transpecos, Texas, USA, south to C Durango, México; northern outlier population may persist in Guadalupe Mtns, Transpecos, Texas (see Stangl and Dalquest, 1991).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3454

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bailey, V.O. 1902-06-02. Synopsis of the North American species of Sigmodon. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:101-116.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365016

Original name as described

Sigmodon ochrognathus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:110333

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3afd30c1b-7e18-4b9b-b5c1-b8f8a8e50cbf

Type locality

Chisos Mountains, 8000 ft [= 2438 m], Brewster County, Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, NM, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002750

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Sigmodon ochrognathus

V. O. Bailey, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochrognathus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:110333

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Chisos Mts., Texas, 8, 000 feet altitude

Type locality

United States: Texas: Brewster County, Texas: 29°14′50″N, 103°18′8″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3afd30c1b-7e18-4b9b-b5c1-b8f8a8e50cbf

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365016

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Bailey (1902:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15146)
Trouessart (1904:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Anderson (1972:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20217/115157990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sigmodon baileyi

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-20993

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

La Cienega de lasVacas (altitude 8500 feet), northwestern Durango

Type locality

Mexico: Durango.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-20993

Authority page

601

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon ochrognathus montanus

Benson, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:92287

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Peterson's Ranch (also called Sylvania), 6100 ft., Huachuca Mountains, 2 miles north of Sunnyside, Cochise County, Arizona

Type locality

United States: Arizona: Cochise County, Arizona.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:92287

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34588006

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon ochrognathus madrensis

E. A. Goldman & M. C. Gardner, 1947

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

madrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:96268

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the foothills of Sierra Madre, about 30 miles northwest of Parral, altitude 6, 200 feet, southern Chihuahua, Mexico

Type locality

Mexico: Chihuahua.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf7eee07-f931-495b-a939-be5ab80b1574

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

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