Reithrodontomys australis

J. A. Allen, 1895

Southern Harvest Mouse

Anterior view of adult; tail visible. Reithrodontomys australis dorsalis. Formerly Reithrodontomys sumichrasti dorsalis, Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse.
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Location:Guatemala, Huehuetenango, 5 km SW San Mateo Ixtatan, 3110 mDate taken:Dec 31, 2005

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2059

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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1895-11-08. Descriptions of new American mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(10):327-340.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894476

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys australis

Type material

AMNH MO-9555, AMNH MS-11291

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-9555 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-11291

Type locality

Volcan de Irazu, Cartago, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

split from R. sumichrasti

Taxonomy notes citation

Arellano Arenas, E., Almendra, A.L., Martínez-Borrego, D., González-Cózatl, F.X. and Rogers, D.S. 2023. Revisiting species delimitation within Reithrodontomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae) using molecular and ecological evidence. Therya 14(1):161-179. doi:10.12933/therya-23-2236

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006721

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Reithrodontomys australis

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-9555, AMNH MS-11291

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-9555 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-11291

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894476

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15944)
  2. Alfaro (1897:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  3. Allen (1897:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  4. Trouessart (1897:531, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  5. Bangs (1902:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  6. Trouessart (1904:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  7. Howell (1914:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  8. Goldman (1920:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  9. Goodwin (1946:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  10. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  11. Arellano Arenas, Almendra, Martínez-Borrego, González-Cózatl & Rogers (2023:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61279)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Reithrodontomys dorsalis

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77009

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/354e0ad69-dd68-4eb2-be27-f72c3f0c7faf

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:426, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Howell (1914:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys australis vulcanius

Bangs, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vulcanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10281

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10281

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199093

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Trouessart (1904:427, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Arellano Arenas, Almendra, Martínez-Borrego, González-Cózatl & Rogers (2023:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61279)

Reithrodontomys modestus

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413400

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys australis australis

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803465

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Goldman (1920:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Goodwin (1946:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Reithrodontomys australis modestus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803466

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Arellano Arenas, Almendra, Martínez-Borrego, González-Cózatl & Rogers (2023:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61279)

Reithrodontomys dorsalis underwoodi

G. G. Goodwin, 1937

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

underwoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-124869

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-124869

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys sumichrasti australis

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Hall (1981:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys sumichrasti dorsalis

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Hall (1981:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys sumichrasti modestus

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Hall (1981:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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