Neotoma magister

S. F. Baird, 1857

Allegheny 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

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Original name as described

Neotoma magister

Other common names

Appalachian Woodrat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A12206, USNM:MAMM:A12207, USNM:MAMM:A12208, USNM:MAMM:A12209, USNM:MAMM:A12210, USNM:MAMM:A12211, USNM:MAMM:A12212, USNM:MAMM:A12213, USNM:MAMM:A12214

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Carlisle Bone Cave, Pennsylvania, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NJ,PA,MD,VA,WV,KY,NC,TN,SC,GA,AL)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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