Neotoma mexicana

S. F. Baird, 1855

Mexican 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. 1855-06-15. Characteristics of some new species of Mammalia, collected by the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, Major W. H. Emory, U. S. A. Commissioner. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:331-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694447

Original name as described

Neotoma mexicana

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A1674 (= USNM:MAMM:289)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e2c8b6a-8ea2-43c6-a2d5-1c335a99e0e3

Type locality

mountains near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,UT,AZ,NM,OK,TX)

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. ferruginea and N. picta

Taxonomy notes citation

Ordóñez-Garza, N., Thompson, C. W., Unkefer, M. K., Edwards, C. W., Owen, J. G., & Bradley, R. D. (2014). Systematics of the Neotoma mexicana species group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Mesoamerica: new molecular evidence on the status and relationships of N. ferruginea Tomes, 1862. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127(3), 518-532.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002242

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 sinaloae

J. A. Allen, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sinaloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.88

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7d2c262-de83-4b22-88c8-b3c2f41caf46

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893755

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana scopulorum

Finley, 1953

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

scopulorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:37137

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=9198d609-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

529

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715583

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana eremita

E. R. Hall, 1955

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:64532

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92c0e68a-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39747202

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma ferruginea griseoventer

Dalquest, 1951

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseoventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LSUMZ:Mamm:3194

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lsumz/mammals?id=urn-catalog-lsumz-mammals-3194

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697273

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Neotoma torquata

H. L. Ward, 1891

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCGEM 380

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41480681

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

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

Neotoma distincta

Bangs, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

distincta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-9819

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-9819

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345257

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana atrata

Burt, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

atrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 81167

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma navus

C. H. Merriam, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:116895

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a96910ef-f7e3-46c0-8877-f8d612140228

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345299

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana inopinata

E. A. Goldman, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inopinata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:158395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33f23a7db-0ff3-4a1e-ba9b-caf9cd55fb82

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917573

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana bullata

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bullata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:16863 (= USNM:MAMM:A23774)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35948ac9d-88b9-4483-b8a4-e04997b7c7d4

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328795

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma pinetorum

C. H. Merriam, 1893

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pinetorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17692 (= USNM:MAMM:A24628)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34d4c5c60-0f1c-4ad8-a032-ba4df9a5ac49

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10256448

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma fallax

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186484

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37af22881-b231-4439-bef4-71e3234a3992

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328796

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana inornata

E. A. Goldman, 1938

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:263386

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/306834338-9f37-4d08-8e16-aadc3666cbdd

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34510051

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma tenuicauda

C. H. Merriam, 1892

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33594 (= USNM:MAMM:A45629)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39d9c1394-dae3-4459-ad6e-b8da3b2649e9

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259771

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma ferruginea ochracea

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochracea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:34142 (= USNM:MAMM:A46219)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31060bdac-2066-46ba-b6b2-936c71299315

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265498

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma fulviventer

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulviventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50165

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/377778d18-64e5-43d4-8933-a8c5e5f0080e

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328794

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma orizabae

C. H. Merriam, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orizabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:53653

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/324207b76-e942-4bb9-b93b-4c9ecabe8b87

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328795

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana madrensis

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

madrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:95244

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d950798-2535-48bc-a281-a7fb055ebb4b

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265499

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Neotoma mexicana

S. F. Baird, 1855

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1674 (= USNM:MAMM:289)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33e2c8b6a-8ea2-43c6-a2d5-1c335a99e0e3

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694447

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14590/115123126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neotoma mexicana distincta

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

distincta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana fallax

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana griseoventer

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseoventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana mexicana

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana nava

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nava

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana ochracea

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ochracea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana pinetorum

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pinetorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana sinaloae

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sinaloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana tenuicauda

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma mexicana torquata

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torquata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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