Neotoma floridana

(Ord, 1818)

Eastern 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

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, vol. 1818, 181

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31583291

Original name as described

Mus floridanus

Other common names

Key Largo Woodrat

Type locality

near Jacksonville, St. Johns River, Duval County, Florida, United States.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL,AL,MS,TX,NE,AR,CO,KS,LA,GA,SC,OK,MO,NC,IL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002233

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

Neotoma attwateri

Mearns, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

attwateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-10402, AMNH MS-11964

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-10402 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-11964

Authority page

721

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7295621

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Neotoma campestris

J. A. Allen, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-6742, AMNH MS-7765

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-6742 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7765

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893494

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neotoma floridana haematoreia

A. H. Howell, 1934

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

haematoreia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 16485

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Neotoma floridana rubida

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rubida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2872

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2872

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756031

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neotoma floridana smalli

H. B. Sherman, 1955

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:12644 (= HBS 2449)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=ad9062cf-7e5d-4e26-bc55-f3ab84c1fc49

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Neotoma floridana osagensis

W. F. Blair, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

osagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 76070

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

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

Neotoma floridana illinoensis

A. H. Howell, 1910

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

illinoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:167752

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b1dd427f-d48f-48f4-93f5-f1be7cf6e1cd

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334472

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma baileyi

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186483

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e9d34b3-a04e-41fb-a227-f651a8acbde7

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328796

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Arvicola Floridanus

(Godman, 1826)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165763

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Godman (1826:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)

Neotoma floridana

Lesson, 1827

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207751

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42650/115199202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hypudæus floridanus

(McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834565

Authority publication

New York

Neotoma floridanus attwateri

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

attwateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus baileyi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus campestris

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

campestris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus floridanus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus haematoreia

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

haematoreia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus illinoensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

illinoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus osagensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

osagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus rubida

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rubida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma floridanus smalli

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

smalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus floridanus

(Ord, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31583291

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

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