Reithrodontomys paradoxus

J. K. Jones & Genoways, 1970

Nicaraguan 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jones, J.K., Jr. and Genoways, H.H. 1970. Harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys) of Nicaragua. Occasional Papers of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 2:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1215&context=museummammalogy

Original name as described

Reithrodontomys paradoxus

Type material

KU:M:71391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92f75f8e-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Type locality

3 mi (= 5 km) NNW Diriamba, c.660 m, Carazo Dept., Nicaragua.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002364

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 paradoxus

J. K. Jones & Genoways, 1970

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

paradoxus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:71391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92f75f8e-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19414/22386092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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