Neotoma micropus

S. F. Baird, 1855

Southern Plains 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 micropus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A1676 (= USNM:MAMM:554)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f384d1f-bd1a-442b-8219-0d5056acd630

Type locality

Charco Escondido, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,KS,OK,NM,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002243

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 micropus canescens

J. A. Allen, 1891

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-2350, AMNH MS-3030

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-3030

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma macropus surberi

D. G. Elliot, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

surberi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:6755

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=56b49174-8977-42d5-924d-292cf9845c4c

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2641695

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Neotoma micropus leucophaea

E. A. Goldman, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucophaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:251057

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34e3043ea-92f2-4534-a310-50eed114bcdd

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39917574

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 (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma micropus planiceps

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:82105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31f25bf33-c34e-4f7e-9ba5-f55847931d19

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265500

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 (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma micropus littoralis

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:92952

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380b69e07-50e1-43b2-82cd-1db91254a8ae

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

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

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 (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neotoma micropus

S. F. Baird, 1855

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

micropus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1676 (= USNM:MAMM:554)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39f384d1f-bd1a-442b-8219-0d5056acd630

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 (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002243) (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/14591/115123286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neotoma micropus micropus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

micropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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