Onychomys arenicola

Mearns, 1896

Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Onychomyini
Genus : Onychomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mearns, E.A. 1896-05-25. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1103):137-140.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294927

Original name as described

Onychomys torridus arenicola

Other common names

Mearns's Grasshopper Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:20081 (= USNM:MAMM:A35483)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31eab2790-1923-45fc-bfef-308c237c2c43

Type locality

6 mi (= 10 km) above El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ,NM,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002264

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.

Onychomys torridus ater

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:74361

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=9321b2e5-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys torridus arenicola

Mearns, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenicola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20081 (= USNM:MAMM:A35483)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31eab2790-1923-45fc-bfef-308c237c2c43

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294927

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Onychomys torridus canus

C. H. Merriam, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:90843

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b20a2d54-5ed9-44e2-8382-6590e7a76b68

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345539

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Onychomys torridus surrufus

Hollister, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

surrufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:93839

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/340ade4cd-a973-4512-9b39-65a5eca164e6

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7762513

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Onychomys arenicola

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:434, 435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15337/115127153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Onychomys arenicola arenicola

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys arenicola canus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys arenicola surrufus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

surrufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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