Calomys laucha

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Small 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

Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia. Volumen III. Quadrupeda reliqua. Ceti. Monotrymata. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Moscow, 732 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Original name as described

Mus Laucha

Other common names

Little Laucha · Laucha Chica · Lauchita

Type material

MACN-Ma 18795

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1962 to "Asunción, [Central Dept.,] Paraguay." Fixed by neotype designation by P. Teta and others in 2017 as "Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino, Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002693

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Mus bimaculatus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1837)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.172

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03368120-be67-4c04-b3ee-d250f910af50

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570903

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys bimaculatus bonariensis

(Osgood, 1933)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bonariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:23406

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b6b7e0a8-b40b-4d5b-be68-35d756fea62f

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2784298

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Laucha

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 18795

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

vii, 71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:vii, 71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mus pusillus

(R. A. Philippi in R. A. Philippi & Landbeck, 1858)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7459766

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Eligmodontia bimaculatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Eligmodontia gracilipes

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gracilipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Hesperomys bimaculatus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bimaculatus

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 gracilipes

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gracilipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Hesperomys laucha

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Hesperomys laucha laucha

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Akodon pusillus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Hesperomys bimaculatus bimaculatus

(J. Yepes, 1935)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Calomys laucha

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

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 (2017:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3613/115065791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus ?Laucha

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Mus laucha

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laucha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

209

Authority publication

book

Mus? dubius

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dubius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

326

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus gracilipes

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1837)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gracilipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570904

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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