Neotoma picta

E. A. Goldman, 1904

Painted 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

Goldman, E.A. 1904-03-21. Descriptions of five new mammals from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:79-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345480

Original name as described

Neotoma picta

Type material

USNM:MAMM:70050

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3150171a6-b1c7-440d-b1fb-a1c864e6280c

Type locality

mountains near Chilpancingo, 10,000 ft (= 3048 m), Guerrero, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from N. mexicana

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002247

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 picta

E. A. Goldman, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:70050

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3150171a6-b1c7-440d-b1fb-a1c864e6280c

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345480

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Edwards & Bradley (2002:489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13276)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Longhofer & Bradley (2006:962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2353)
  4. Ordóñez-Garza, Thompson, Unkefer, Edwards, Owen & Bradley (2014:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19598)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Neotoma ferruginea picta

E. A. Goldman, 1910

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802797

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Goldman (1910:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15641)

Neotoma mexicana picta

Edwards & R. D. Bradley, 2002

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Edwards & Bradley (2002:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2348)

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