Reithrodontomys montanus

(S. F. Baird, 1855)

Plains 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

Baird, S.F. 1855-06-15. Characteristics of some new species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U. S. surveys of a railroad route to the Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:333-336.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694449

Original name as described

Reithrodon montanus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:441 (= USNM:MAMM:A1306)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329d111f4-9877-4355-99b6-1a7cad66b08f

Type locality

"vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, lat. 38°." Restricted by J. A. Allen in 1895 to "near the upper end of the San Luis Valley in Colorado," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(KS,AZ,AR,SD,WY,ND,OK,CO,TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002362

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.

Reithrodon montanus

(S. F. Baird, 1855)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:441 (= USNM:MAMM:A1306)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329d111f4-9877-4355-99b6-1a7cad66b08f

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694449

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Murray (1866:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Ochetodon montanus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Reithrodontomys montanus

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894257

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15950)
  2. Howell (1914:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  3. Hooper (1952:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  4. Anderson (1972:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Musser & Carleton (1993:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  9. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  10. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  11. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19413/115151509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Reithrodontomys albescens

Cary, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:116358

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f587bf75-2ae8-442b-a5c8-b1fb83e7959a

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345293

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Howell (1914:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys griseus

V. O. Bailey, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:87852

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2d02e0d-a1f4-48f8-8af9-af68f5b77675

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801763

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1905:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodontomys albescens albescens

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803425

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1914:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)

Reithrodontomys albescens griseus

A. H. Howell, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803426

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Howell (1914:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15644)

Reithrodontomys montanus montanus

Hooper, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hooper (1952:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2361)
  2. Anderson (1972:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys montanus albescens

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodontomys montanus griseus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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