Neotoma nelsoni

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Nelson's 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

Goldman, E.A. 1905-02-02. Twelve new wood rats of the genus Neotoma. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18:27-33.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265497

Original name as described

Neotoma nelsoni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:54320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb6332c9-b62d-4bfd-99d0-ec75cbd0a60c

Type locality

Perote, 7800 ft (= 2377 m), Veracruz, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

may be included under N. leucodon or N. angustipalata, but is retained as a species by recent studies and here pending further research

Taxonomy notes citation

Fernández, J. A. (2014). Mitochondrial phylogenetics of a rare Mexican endemic: Nelson's woodrat, Neotoma nelsoni (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with comments on its biogeographic history. The Southwestern Naturalist, 59(1), 81-90. · Bradley, R. D., Edwards, C. W., Lindsey, L. L., Bateman, J. R., Cajimat, M. N., Milazzo, M. L., ... & Mauldin, M. R. (2022). Reevaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among Neotomini rodents (Hodomys, Neotoma, and Xenomys) and comments on the woodrat classification. Journal of Mammalogy, 103(5), 1221-1236.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002244

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 nelsoni

E. A. Goldman, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:54320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fb6332c9-b62d-4bfd-99d0-ec75cbd0a60c

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265497

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

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 #14592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14592/22372306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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