Rheomys mexicanus

G. G. Goodwin, 1959

Mexican Water Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Ichthyomyini
Genus : Rheomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Goodwin, G.G. 1959-10-29. Descriptions of some new mammals. American Museum Novitates 1967:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63257865

Original name as described

Rheomys (Neorheomys) mexicanus

Other common names

Goodwin's Water Mouse · Mexican Ichthyomyine

Type material

AMNH M-179970

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-179970

Type locality

San José Lachiguirí, 4000 ft (= 1219 m), District of Miahuatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002500

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.

Rheomys (Neorheomys) mexicanus

G. G. Goodwin, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-179970

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-179970

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63257865

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Voss (1988:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, Medina, Murillo-García & Pardiñas (2023:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19484/22354600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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