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
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/2328793Original 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-70209ac3cb00Type 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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