Reithrodontomys cherrii

(J. A. Allen, 1891)

Costa Rican 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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1891-04-17. Notes on a collection of mammals from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3(14):203-218.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/841

Original name as described

Hesperomys (Vesperimus) cherrii

Type material

AMNH MS-3648

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-3648

Type locality

San José, Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

split from R. mexicanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gardner, A.L., Carleton, M.D. 2009. Chapter 5. A new species of Reithrodontomys, subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331(1): 157-182. · Martínez-Borrego, D., Arellano, E., Cruz, D. D., González-Cózatl, F. X., Nava-García, E., & Rogers, D. S. (2022). Morphological and ecological data confirm Reithrodontomys cherrii as a distinct species from Reithrodontomys mexicanus. Therya, 13(1), 115-128. · Martínez‐Borrego, D., Arellano, E., González‐Cózatl, F. X., Ospina‐Garcés, S. M., & Rogers, D. S. (2023). Species delimitation and integrative taxonomy of the Reithrodontomys mexicanus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) cryptic complex. Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), e10355.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002350

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.

Hesperomys (Vesperimus) cherrii

(J. A. Allen, 1891)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cherrii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-3648

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-3648

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys costaricensis

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

costaricensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-7898, AMNH MS-9556

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-9556

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894273

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Alfaro (1897:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  3. Allen (1897:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  4. Bangs (1902:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus cherriei

(Alfaro, 1897)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cherriei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

34

Authority publication

San José

Name usages

  1. Alfaro (1897:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  2. Allen (1897:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus cherrii

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cherrii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803476

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Goldman (1920:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Goodwin (1946:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus cherriei

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cherriei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Hooper (1952:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)

Reithrodontomys cherrii

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cherrii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

370

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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