Calomys callosus

(Rengger, 1830)

Large Vesper Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Naturgesch. Säugeth. Paraguay, p. 231

Original name as described

Mus callosus

Other common names

Big Laucha

Type locality

"am Ufer des Paraguaystromes, ungefähr unter dem sieben und zwanzigsten Breitengrade." Interpreted by P. Hershkovitz in 1962 as "opposite mouth of Río Bermejo, Department of Villa del Pilar, Paraguay." Restricted by J. R. Contreras in 1992 to vicinity of Ciudad Pilar, Corrientes, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002686

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.

Hesperomys muriculus

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

muriculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.6.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4b47cb9d-acc3-4942-8af2-d594d5777a86

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196806

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys callosus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Hesperomys callosus callosus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Calomys callosus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3611/115065498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Calomys muriculus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

muriculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

403

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mus callosus

(Rengger, 1830)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

callosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Basel

Calomys hildebrandtii

Enría, J. N. Mills, Bausch, Shieh, & C. J. Peters, 2011

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hildebrandtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

453

Authority publication

Edinburgh

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