Cynomys leucurus

C. H. Merriam, 1890

White-tailed Prairie Dog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Marmotini
Genus : Cynomys
Subgenus : Leucocrossuromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1890-10-08. Description of a new prairie dog from Wyoming. North American Fauna 4:33-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799824

Original name as described

Cynomys leucurus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186472

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ed27178-3ca3-42c0-91f6-e7c525065988

Type locality

"Fort Bridger, [Uinta Co.] Wyoming" USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MT,WY,CO,UT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001715

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cynomys leucurus

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186472

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ed27178-3ca3-42c0-91f6-e7c525065988

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799824

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42454/22261371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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