Reithrodontomys musseri

A. L. Gardner & Carleton, 2009

Musser's 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

Gardner, A.L. and Carleton, M.D. 2009-12-15. 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 331:157-182.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1206/582-5.1

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys musseri

Type material

LSUMZ:Mamm:13227

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lsumz/mammals?id=urn-catalog-lsumz-mammals-13227

Type locality

Cerro Asunción, ca. 11,100 ft (= 3383 m), Cartago, Costa Rica; ca. 09°34'05"N, 83°44'12"W (coordinates define a place along the east side of the Panamerican Highway, just 0.4 km WNW of the peak of Cerro La Asunción).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

recently described

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002363

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 musseri

A. L. Gardner & Carleton, 2009

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LSUMZ:Mamm:13227

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lsumz/mammals?id=urn-catalog-lsumz-mammals-13227

Authority page

175

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45959367/45973176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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