Sigmodon zanjonensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1932

Montane Cotton Rat

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Location:Mexico, CHP, Coapilla, Cabañas De La Laguna Verde, ca.1400 mDate taken:Apr 7, 2024

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7104

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

Goodwin, G.G. 1932-05-23. Two new mammals from Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 528:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170131

Original name as described

Sigmodon zanjonensis

Type material

AMNH M-69277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-69277

Type locality

"Zanjon [Quezaltenango], Guatemala, 9000 feet [= 2743 m] elevation."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002754

Country distribution map

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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.

Sigmodon zanjonensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zanjonensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-69277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-69277

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Sigmodon hispidus villae

G. G. Goodwin, 1958

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

villae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-174799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-174799

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63232935

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon hispidus zanjonensis

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zanjonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

740

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

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