Neomicroxus bogotensis

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Bogotá Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-11-01. Descriptions of four small mammals from South America, including one belonging to the peculiar marsupial genus "Hyracodon," Tomes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(95):367-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122857

Original name as described

Acodon bogotensis

Other common names

Bogota Akodont · Bogota Grass Mouse · Bogotá Akodont

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.14.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f81e580a-6d76-49f1-ba89-f0713ef7299d

Type locality

"Plains of Bogota," Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Akodon to the recently described Neomicroxus

Taxonomy notes citation

Alvarado-Serrano, D.F., D'Elia, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995-1015. · Pardiñas, U. F. J., Curay, J., Brito, J., & Cañón, C. (2021). A unique cricetid experiment in the northern high-Andean Páramos deserves tribal recognition. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 155-172.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002513

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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.

Acodon bogotensis

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bogotensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.14.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f81e580a-6d76-49f1-ba89-f0713ef7299d

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122857

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Akodon bogotensis

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bogotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1904:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15997)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Microxus bogotensis

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bogotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16539)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Neomicroxus bogotensis

Alvarado-Serrano & D'Elía, 2013

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bogotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1008

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Alvarado-Serrano & D'Elía (2013:1008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17327)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/727/22380569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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