Reithrodon auritus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Hairy-soled Conyrat

Taxonomy

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

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 auritus

Other common names

Bunny Rat

Type material

ZMB 1688

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by U. F. J. Pardiñas and colleagues in 2015 to "probably near Pila, south side of the Salado River," Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile · Falkland Islands?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002738

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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.

Reithrodon cuniculoïdes

G. R. Waterhouse, 1837

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cuniculoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.188

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/56685653-c4d8-4c21-95fc-4906dfbc2c0e

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860172

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  3. Gyldenstolpe (1932:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  4. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon cuniculoides flammarum

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

flammarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.9.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/790f430d-a8e2-4064-a892-9c7dc2ef3f99

Authority page

411

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640482

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon auritus marinus

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

marinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.12.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42e9a020-5591-4b78-bd9b-ff4ac3cb06f3

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637243

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon cuniculoides pampanus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pampanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.11.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75b6e56b-17ee-4148-a134-564818eecd02

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129880

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Reithrodon cuniculoides evae

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

evae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.10.11.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c840784-0fbe-4232-a963-d5f9e8d22f65

Authority page

652

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon cuniculoides obscurus

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:124426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=6d1a1f2a-6721-4bd1-adb9-ca971b6d9c4f

Authority page

190

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon olivensis

Rusconi, 1931

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

olivensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IFG 570

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Notas Preliminares del Museo de La Plata

?Ptyssophorus rotundatus

(Rusconi, 1931)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rotundatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IFG 615

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

333-338

Authority publication

Notas Preliminares del Museo de La Plata

Ptyssophorus elegans

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-A 1312

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769630

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Reithrodon hatcheri

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hatcheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:84210

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bbbf1c31-1692-4c00-9ac9-ca1ec6e3fe82

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus auritus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1688

Type kind

holotype

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. Lesson (1827:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phyllotis auritus

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Reithrodon auritus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Ortiz, Jayat, Barbière, Sampietro Vattuone & Peña Monné (2019:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42734)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19399/115150621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Reithrodon auritus auritus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodon cuniculoides cuniculoides

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cuniculoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Reithrodon cuniculoides hatcheri

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hatcheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Reithrodon physodes

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

physodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:459, 460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Reithrodon auritus cuniculoides

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cuniculoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

413

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Reithrodon auritus flammarum

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

flammarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

413

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus ?Physodes

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

physodes

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

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus physodes

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

physodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

209

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Mus auritus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1819)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430621

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

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

Mus pyrrhogaster

(Brants, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497088

Authority publication

Berlin

Reithrodon fossilis

H. F. P. Gervais & F. Ameghino, 1880

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40470471

Authority publication

Paris

Tretomys atavus

(F. Ameghino, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

atavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769638

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Reithrodon typicus fossilis

F. Ameghino, 1889

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769630

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Mus pachycephalus

(R. A. Philippi, 1900)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pachycephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029059

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

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

Proreithrodon chapalmalense

(F. Ameghino, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chapalmalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

424

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14595381

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires

Proreithrodon incipiens

(F. Ameghino, 1908)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

incipiens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

424

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14595381

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires

Bothriomys spegazzinii

(F. Ameghino in Pardiñas & M. Bond, 1992)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

spegazzinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

387

Authority publication

Ameghiniana

Name usages

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

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