Aplodontia rufa

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Mountain Beaver

Front view of animal emerging from burrow. Also as Boomer, Sewellel.
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Location:USA, WA, King Co., BellevueDate taken:Jan 1, 1967Description : Front view of animal emerging from burrow. Also as Boomer, Sewellel.

Distribution :

W coast of North America from SW British Columbia (Canada) to N California (USA), isolated populations in N and C California, extending into W Nevada

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 742

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Aplodontiidae
Subfamily : Aplodontiinae
Genus : Aplodontia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1817. Descriptions of seven new genera of North American quadrupeds. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 2(1):44-46.

Original name as described

Anisonyx? rufa

Other common names

Boomer · Sewellel · Point Arena Mountain Beaver · Point Reyes Mountain Beaver

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"neighborhood of the Columbia river, " Pacific Northwest, North America.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA, OR, CA, NV)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001504

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: 32 names and synonyms.

Anisonyx? rufa

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

45

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35233)
  2. Lesson (1827:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Anisonix rufa

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523835

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1825:418, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)

Arctomys rufus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Aplodontia leporina

J. Richardson, 1829

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

leporina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310699

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  2. Lesson (1842:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. De Kay (1842:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  4. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9682)

Haplodon leporinus var. Californicus

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

californica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180384

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Haplodon rufus

Coues, 1877

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

557

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001347

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coues (1877:557, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16814)
  2. True (1885:596, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Flower & Lydekker (1891:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Aplodontia major

C. H. Merriam, 1886

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186473

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d4624272-c532-45e4-854c-1e8edb6d0046

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007990

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1899:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16166)
  2. Merriam (1899:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)
  3. Trouessart (1904:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Miller (1912:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  5. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9682)

Haplodon major

W. H. Flower & Lydekker, 1891

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965671

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Flower & Lydekker (1891:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Aplodontia olympica

C. H. Merriam, 1899

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

olympica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:89549

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30922dcae-bef2-4d99-a5ab-2410cc0e1225

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308123

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1899:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16166)
  2. Trouessart (1904:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Miller (1912:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  4. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9682)

Aplodontia pacifica

C. H. Merriam, 1899

Family

Aplodontiidae

Root name

pacifica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77372

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c1a5c095-e708-4d35-80b8-1684b3293717

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308124

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1899:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16166)
  2. Trouessart (1904:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Miller (1912:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
  4. Taylor (1914:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69092)

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