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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488266

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 specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/357e67ce4-e5f8-49eb-9399-5f59effed3b5 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365edbd4a-3ead-4605-a77f-8ea6594111b1 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/367666db3-62d6-4a08-b35b-4d87f9b49873 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/378e4a808-d64a-4427-9505-9cb728952ce3 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38989dd87-cd78-479c-a109-d316f475d58f http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39bd35bf0-5f80-4ba8-9ea3-c960ee1d2f0b http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ce7dec2-eabb-4756-bd91-a96fa163dd38 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c5cc131e-faa1-4c28-9c4e-f71f2acf48c7

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002240

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 pennsylvanica

Stone, 1893

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pennsylvanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 9174 (= "W156")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1633239

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Neotoma magister

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

magister

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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 specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/357e67ce4-e5f8-49eb-9399-5f59effed3b5 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365edbd4a-3ead-4605-a77f-8ea6594111b1 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/367666db3-62d6-4a08-b35b-4d87f9b49873 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/378e4a808-d64a-4427-9505-9cb728952ce3 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38989dd87-cd78-479c-a109-d316f475d58f http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39bd35bf0-5f80-4ba8-9ea3-c960ee1d2f0b http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ce7dec2-eabb-4756-bd91-a96fa163dd38 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c5cc131e-faa1-4c28-9c4e-f71f2acf48c7

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488266

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14581/22370861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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