Podomys floridanus

(F. M. Chapman, 1889)

Florida Deermouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Chapman, F.M. 1889-06-07. Preliminary descriptions of two apparently new species of the genus Hesperomys from Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2(9):117.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898581

Original name as described

Hesperomys floridanus

Other common names

Florida Mouse

Type material

AMNH MS-1812

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1812

Type locality

Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002346

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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.

Hesperomys floridanus

(F. M. Chapman, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-1812

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1812

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898581

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Hesperomys macropus

(C. H. Merriam, 1890)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:16582 (= USNM:MAMM:A23513)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33148245d-70ac-4359-8ca2-967f78d1fab5

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799844

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Peromyscus floridanus

(Osgood, 1909)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802208

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Podomys floridanus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

458

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17830/22339074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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