Onychomys leucogaster

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1841)

Northern 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

Reise in das Innere Nord-America, Bd. 2, p. 99, 1841.

Original name as described

Hypudaeus leucogaster

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Mandan village near Fort Clark, Oliver County, North Dakota, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NV,OR,UT,OK,KS,CO,SD,ID,IA,CA,WY,MN,NM,MT,WA,TX,AZ,NE,ND)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002265

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.

Onychomys leucogaster fuscogriseus

H. E. Anthony, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuscogriseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33544

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33544

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26890769

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys ruidosae

Stone & Rehn, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ruidosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 11091

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6600394

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Onychomys arcticeps

Rhoads, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arcticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 8529 (= SNR 1529)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647688

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster durranti

Riddle & Choate, 1986

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

durranti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:87519

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:87519

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Mus Missouriensis

(Audubon & Bachman, 1851)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

missouriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

327

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53475685

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster var. pallidus

Herrick, 1885

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

183

Authority publication

Survey of Minnesota

Name usages

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

Hypudaeus leucogaster

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1841)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

99

Authority publication

book

Onychomys fuliginosus

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:17997 (= USNM:MAMM:A24908)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35adaf8c8-9ad4-46fb-83c8-b3fb54fe58bf

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799632

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster melanophrys

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanophrys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0e84eea-05a1-4c9d-88c5-d0a16cf37cc5

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799495

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys longipes

C. H. Merriam, 1889

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186478

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3199c6e22-4b03-4c3f-93b0-e92589d7842b

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799494

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Onychomys melanophrys pallescens

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186479

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/345c7b7dd-4fb0-43fa-b776-ee13dd2f57ef

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799634

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster breviauritus

Hollister, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

breviauritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:19144 (= USNM:MAMM:A34872)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce681e24-375b-4d55-b1c6-a1cd26930ea1

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337979

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 (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys leucogaster capitulatus

Hollister, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

capitulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:202612

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3132906bd-2ba5-4920-bda0-3b7af2ee5a3b

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337978

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster brevicaudus

C. H. Merriam, 1891

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:23086 (= USNM:MAMM:A30532)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/317602eee-f078-43e3-94a6-6fd83c6dcc92

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25798875

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys leucogaster utahensis

E. A. Goldman, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

utahensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:263955

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397271c9c-9ca6-47f9-a9f0-062a6177dfd1

Authority page

354

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Onychomys leucogaster aldousi

E. A. Goldman, 1942

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aldousi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:266502

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d7e3bbe6-57e0-4abc-8099-344233fda699

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34633440

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Onychomys leucogaster albescens

C. H. Merriam, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50040

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eb959bf6-a32d-4632-a695-50f6bf7c3d3f

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

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

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 (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Onychomys leucogaster brevicauda

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

253

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1896:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)

Onychomys leucogaster

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

253

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1896:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  2. Bailey (1936:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15338/115127288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Onychomys leucogaster arcticeps

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arcticeps

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 leucogaster fuliginosus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fuliginosus

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 leucogaster leucogaster

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucogaster

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 leucogaster longipes

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

longipes

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 leucogaster missouriensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

missouriensis

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 leucogaster pallescens

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallescens

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 leucogaster ruidosae

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ruidosae

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 leucogaster uthaensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

uthaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

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

Mus missuriensis

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1862)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

missuriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14518911

Authority publication

Berlin

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