Sigmodon hispidus

Say & G. Ord, 1825

Hispid 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

Say, T. and Ord, G. 1825-04. Description of a new Species of Mammalia, whereon a genus is proposed to be founded. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(2):352-355.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655472

Original name as described

Sigmodon hispidum

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

St. John's River, Florida USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CO,OK,AR,TX,LA,NM,AL,GA,FL,MS,TN,SC,AZ,MO,VA,NC,CA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002746

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.

Sigmodon hispidus littoralis

F. M. Chapman, 1889

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-1110, AMNH MS-1837

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1837

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898582

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus insulicola

A. H. Howell, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

insulicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:48679

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3954345f-7dfe-4c21-a554-c09c63f4c9c4

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564584

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus solus

E. R. Hall, 1951

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

solus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:35468

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=918709a1-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715073

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicola hortensis

(Harlan, 1825)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hortensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194350

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Sigmodon hispidum

Say & G. Ord, 1825

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655472

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Lesson (1827:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Sigmodon hispidus exsputus

G. M. Allen, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

exsputus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:18100

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:18100

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848225

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus spadicipygus

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

spadicipygus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4477

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756038

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus pallidus

Mearns, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20103 (= USNM:MAMM:A35464)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34734f1c7-e99b-448d-bec4-1946d1dee3c8

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838319

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus confinis

E. A. Goldman, 1918

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

confinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:204241

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/333658aad-6c1a-444b-b178-4eaad272e2c3

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332146

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus komareki

M. C. Gardner, 1948

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

komareki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:207210

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3318aff8d-3fc3-419b-a244-67a89e267796

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498543

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus floridanus

A. H. Howell, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:261624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a9f3267c-ce4e-43f3-98ad-0b4582d26bcb

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34564583

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus virginianus

M. C. Gardner, 1946

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:273535

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c752ffb2-a6d3-4b34-bc6d-f28303fdb93f

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566283

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus alfredi

E. A. Goldman & M. C. Gardner, 1947

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alfredi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:274918

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d8a6735e-3a4e-4800-b701-e4541e20927a

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Sigmodon hispidus eremicus

Mearns, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:60319

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b505f29-9c26-4055-b6bc-f340a5c40964

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838319

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Sigmodon berlandieri

S. F. Baird, 1855

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

berlandieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1687 (= USNM:MAMM:566)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c2b31dda-2288-4698-9453-4c0aa562b327

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694447

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Arvicola Hispidus

(Godman, 1826)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165760

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Godman (1826:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)

Lemmus hispidus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Hypudæus hispidus

(McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834565

Authority publication

New York

Sigmodon Harlani

Lesson, 1836

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

harlani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

430 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815113

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sigmodon hispidus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hispidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Thomas (1894:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15354)
  4. Goodwin (1946:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20213/115157685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicola ferrugineus

(Harlan, 1826)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

285

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30963384

Authority publication

American Journal of Science and Arts

Arvicola texiana

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

texianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706683

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

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