Sigmodon hirsutus

(Burmeister, 1855)

Burmeister's Cotton Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Burmeister, H. 1855. Prof. Burmeister über eine neue Ratte: _Lasiomys hirsutus_ von Maracaibo. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 2(Sitzungsberichte):15-17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11814118

Original name as described

Lasiomys hirsutus

Other common names

Southern Cotton Rat

Type material

IZH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002745

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.

Lasiomys hirsutus

(Burmeister, 1855)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IZH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11814118

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle

Sigmodon bogotensis

J. A. Allen, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bogotensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.7.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef925e36-8bdc-46d6-9775-4ee01e2078c3

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon borucæ

J. A. Allen, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

borucae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-10045, AMNH MS-11761

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-11761

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046617

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  2. Bangs (1902:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon sanctaemartae

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sanctaemartae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8105

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263735

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon austerulus

Bangs, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

austerulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10288

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10288

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199099

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Goldman (1920:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon hispidus borucae

V. O. Bailey, 1902

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

borucae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365013

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1902:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15146)
  2. Goodwin (1946:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Sigmodon borucae chiriquensis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chiriquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18789

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18789

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus griseus

J. A. Allen, 1908

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28497

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28497

Authority page

657

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046494

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Sigmodon hispidus chiriquensis

E. A. Goldman, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chiriquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263218

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1920:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  2. Goodwin (1946:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Sigmodon hirsutus

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136426/115207583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sigmodon hispidus austerulus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

austerulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

407

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Sigmodon sanctae-martae

K. M. Helgen & McFadden, 2001

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sanctaemartae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4290609

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

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