Neotoma bryanti

C. H. Merriam, 1887

Bryant's Woodrat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Neotomini
Genus : Neotoma
Subgenus : Neotoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1887-02. Description of a new species of wood-rat from Cerros Island, off Lower California (_Neotoma bryanti_ sp. nov.). The American Naturalist 21(2):191-193.

Original name as described

Neotoma bryanti

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186481 (= Merriam 2838/1833)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cerros [= Cedros] Island, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CA)

Taxonomy notes

includes anthonyi, bunkeri, and martinensis, as well as Mexican populations previously attributed to N. lepida

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Huckaby, D. G., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2007). The evolutionary history and a systematic revision on woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group. University of California Publications, Zoology 135.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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