Reithrodontomys fulvescens

J. A. Allen, 1894

Fulvous 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 : Reithrodontomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1894-11-07. Descriptions of ten new North American mammals, and remarks on others. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6(13):317-332.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893491

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys mexicanus fulvescens

Type material

AMNH MO-6736, AMNH MS-8411

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-6736 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-8411

Type locality

Oposura, 2000 ft (= 610 m), Sonora, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua

Subregion distribution

USA(NM,MS,OK,KS,MO,AR,AZ,TX,LA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002354

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.

Reithrodontomys laceyi

J. A. Allen, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laceyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-12212, AMNH MO-10564

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-12212 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-10564

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys mexicanus intermedius

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-3237, AMNH MS-4207

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-3237 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-4207

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894270

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus fulvescens

J. A. Allen, 1894

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-6736, AMNH MS-8411

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-6736 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-8411

Authority page

319

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893491

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Reithrodontomys tenuis

J. A. Allen, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.167

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6a060074-325a-4dae-9458-fb9d6efb6a84 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b3814d26-294c-4aa6-ab23-adb5c027f4ba

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhithrodontomys amoenus

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amoenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:14064

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e3dd2719-7079-42ee-907c-e0bdec19f1e5

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265704

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys chrysotis

D. G. Elliot, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chrysotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:6766

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=23bfd3b9-5dba-437a-83ca-e69bf3464d93

Authority page

281

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2641693

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Rhithrodontomys inexspectatus

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inexspectatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:8691

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b7b4e172-8909-4a0f-9581-adf779dd9020

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652859

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys fulvescens meridionalis

S. Anderson & J. K. Jones, 1960

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:71388

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92f75a24-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978634

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens canus

Benson, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:76664

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:76664

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606498

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens tropicalis

W. B. Davis, 1944

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tropicalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:3084

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

393

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens infernatis

Hooper, 1950

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

infernatis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 91470

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35879099

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens chiapensis

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chiapensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:132865

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/339fd0be5-2a20-49f1-8553-73af99718da7

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803456

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens nelsoni

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nelsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33409 (= USNM:MAMM:A45432)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32afced5c-31b0-460c-8cfa-cfd4885a3c9a

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803456

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys mexicanus aurantius

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aurantius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33963 (= USNM:MAMM:A45998)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3476c0427-0e14-44b9-9e94-e067787ff6fc

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894271

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys levipes toltecus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

toltecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50746

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d5f54006-2429-4182-8b83-9a9601396f59

Authority page

555

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873487

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys difficilis

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

difficilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:63735

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3585c6ff4-e74b-4e10-9af4-ef9dfa8ce627

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873488

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys griseoflavus helvolus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:68387

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39b1f2348-abbe-419d-891d-76ab48623525

Authority page

554

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873486

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys fulvescens mustelinus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mustelinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:71549

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34fdbcef7-111f-4864-9812-ee3f490d9668

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803457

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys griseoflavus

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseoflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:82196

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3989ccdfb-2374-45cf-b2d7-d3ecb271d03d

Authority page

553

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873485

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Reithrodontomys fulvescens

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894272

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Howell (1914:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  3. Hooper (1952:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19407/115150749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Reithrodontomys amoenus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amoenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803458

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1914:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens aurantius

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aurantius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803451

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens difficilis

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

difficilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803453

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens fulvescens

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803446

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens helvolus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

helvolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803455

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens intermedius

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803450

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens tenuis

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803448

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens toltecus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

toltecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803454

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Hooper (1952:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens amoenus

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amoenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens griseoflavus

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseoflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys fulvescens laceyi

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laceyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

371

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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