Reithrodontomys brevirostris

G. G. Goodwin, 1943

Short-nosed Harvest Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Reithrodontomyini
Genus : Reithrodontomys
Subgenus : Aporodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1943-06-02. Two new harvest mice from Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 1231:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170674

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys brevirostris

Type material

AMNH M-139727

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-139727

Type locality

canyons above Villa Quesada, 5000 ft. (= 1524 m), Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002348

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.

Reithrodontomys brevirostris

G. G. Goodwin, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-139727

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-139727

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Hooper (1952:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19402/22385269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus potrero-grandei

G. G. Goodwin, 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

potrerograndei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-142464

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-142464

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys brevirostris nicaraguae

J. K. Jones & Genoways, 1970

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nicaraguae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:106723

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=9457e443-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus portrerograndei

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

portrerograndei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Reithrodontomys brevirostris brevirostris

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

368

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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