Reithrodontomys garichensis

Enders & O. P. Pearson, 1940

Chiriquian 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

Enders, R.K. and Pearson, O.P. 1940. A new subspecies of _Reithrodontomys mexicanus_ from Panama with remarks on _R. mexicanus cherrii_. Notulae Naturae 60:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=SiSCFG8XGfwC&pg=PP1

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys mexicanus garichensis

Type material

ANSP 18614

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Río Gariché, 5 mi (= 8 km) SW El Volcán Post Office, 3200 ft (= 975 m), Chiriquí Province, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

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/1002355

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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 mexicanus garichensis

Enders & O. P. Pearson, 1940

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

garichensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 18614

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Notulae Naturae

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Hooper (1952:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys garichensis

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

garichensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

371

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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