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.

Original name as described

Neotoma leucodon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:50137

Type kind

holotype

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

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