Neotoma melanura
C. H. Merriam, 1894
Black-tailed 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
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/2328799Original name as described
Neotoma intermedia melanura
Other common names
Sonora Woodrat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:17819 (= USNM:MAMM:A24756)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b450987-2928-47e4-a08a-416039ac3491Type locality
Ortiz, Sonora, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
split from N. albigula
Taxonomy notes citation
Bradley, R.D., Mauldin, M.R. 2016. Molecular data indicate a cryptic species in Neotoma albigula (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from northwestern Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 97(1):187-199.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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