Neotoma leucodon

C. H. Merriam, 1894

White-toothed 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. 1894-07-02. Abstract of a study of the American wood rats, with descriptions of fourteen new species and subspecies of the genus Neotoma. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 9:117-128.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328793

Original name as described

Neotoma leucodon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:50137

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396978c4b-c041-411d-9edd-70209ac3cb00

Type locality

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,NM,OK,TX)

Taxonomy notes

may include N. nelsoni, although it is tentatively retained as a distinct species in recent publications and here

Taxonomy notes citation

Fernández, J. A. (2014). Mitochondrial phylogenetics of a rare Mexican endemic: Nelson's woodrat, Neotoma nelsoni (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with comments on its biogeographic history. The Southwestern Naturalist, 59(1), 81-90. · Bradley, R. D., Edwards, C. W., Lindsey, L. L., Bateman, J. R., Cajimat, M. N., Milazzo, M. L., ... & Mauldin, M. R. (2022). Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents (Hodomys, Neotoma, and Xenomys) and comments on the woodrat classification. Journal of Mammalogy, 103(5), 1221-1236.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002238

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.

Neotoma intermedia durangæ

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

durangae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-21185

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-21185

Authority page

602

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neotoma albigula subsolana

Álvarez Solórzano, 1962

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subsolana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:56950

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=926354ae-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397322

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neotoma albigula melas

Dice, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 59337

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

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 albigula robusta

W. F. Blair, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 79238

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

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 albigula warreni

C. H. Merriam, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

warreni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:151051

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c9e9e15d-e04c-468b-9879-c4c3c07755c6

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334071

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma latifrons

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

latifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50135

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/381749605-22f3-4ec8-ad84-7295a25be9bb

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328794

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma leucodon

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucodon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50137

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396978c4b-c041-411d-9edd-70209ac3cb00

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328793

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136793/115212444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neotoma montezumae

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montezumae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:81426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380564d45-170c-4d84-9d96-eb80178d0249

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265497

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neotoma leucodon zacatecae

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zacatecae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:90957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1d59054-594b-4683-a935-1de543af80a6

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265498

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma leucodon durangae

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

durangae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon latifrons

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

latifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon leucodon

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon melas

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon robusta

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

robusta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon subsolana

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subsolana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma leucodon warreni

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

warreni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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