Cynomys parvidens

J. A. Allen, 1905

Utah 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

Allen, J.A. 1905-03-31. Mammals from Beaver County, Utah. Collected by the Museum expedition of 1904. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin 1(5):117-122.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=de1aAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA117

Original name as described

Cynomys parvidens

Type material

AMNH M-28738

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28738

Type locality

"Buckskin Valley, Iron County, Utah." USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(UT)

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001718

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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 parvidens

J. A. Allen, 1905

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

parvidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28738

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28738

Authority page

119

Authority publication

The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:348, 349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6090/22260975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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