Nesoryzomys darwini

Osgood, 1929

Darwin's Galapagos Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1929. A new rodent from the Galapagos Islands. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 17(2):21-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2774209

Original name as described

Nesoryzomys darwini

Other common names

Darwin's Nesoryzomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:30830

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9c7b02a9-d8b1-4735-87f2-a4505618ff16

Type locality

Academia Bay, Santa Cruz I, Galapagos Is, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Galápagos Islands

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002610

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.

Nesoryzomys darwini

Osgood, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

darwini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:30830

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9c7b02a9-d8b1-4735-87f2-a4505618ff16

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2774209

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14706/22390382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzomys darwini

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

darwini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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