Wiedomys pyrrhorinos

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Common Red-nosed Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu. 1821. Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817. Zweyter Band. H. L. Brönner, Frankfurt am Main, 345 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45440008

Original name as described

Mus pyrrhorinos

Other common names

Red-nosed Mouse · Red-nosed Wiedomys

Type material

AMNH MS-574

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-574

Type locality

"Catinga." Clarified by F. D. de Avila-Pires in 1965 as "caatingas along the Riacho da Ressaca, between the farms Tamboril and Ilha, State of Bahia, Brazil, near the Minas Gerais boundary."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002832

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.

Mus pyrrhorhinos

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529049

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Mus pyrrhorinos

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorinos

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-574

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-574

Authority page

177 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45440008

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Mus pyrrorhinos

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrorhinos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207738

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Mus pyrrhorhinus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Osgood (1933:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41606)

Mus pyrrorhinus

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815131

Authority publication

Paris

Mus pyrrhoninus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhoninus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hesperomys pyrrhorhinus

(Burmeister, 1854)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13548376

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Thomas (1884:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14014)

Calomys pyrrhorhinus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Oryzomys pyrrhorhinus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Wiedomys pyrrhorhinos

Hershkovitz, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorhinos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641818

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1959:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10032)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:475, 476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23076/22340180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Wiedomys pyrrhorinos

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pyrrhorinos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

507

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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