Neotoma insularis

C. H. Townsend, 1912

Angel de la Guarda 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

Authority citation

Townsend, C.H. 1912-06-14. Mammals collected by the 'Albatross' expedition in Lower California in 1911, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31(13):117-130.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898955

Original name as described

Neotoma insularis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:198405 (= AMNH M-31922)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38c9c0242-c2eb-424b-ad48-ecbeb11d290e http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31922

Type locality

Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002236

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Neotoma insularis

C. H. Townsend, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:198405 (= AMNH M-31922)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38c9c0242-c2eb-424b-ad48-ecbeb11d290e http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31922

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898955

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/116989038/119112253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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