Otonyctomys hatti

H. E. Anthony, 1932

Yucatán Vesper Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Tylomyinae
Genus : Otonyctomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1932-11-16. A new genus of rodents from Yucatan. American Museum Novitates 586:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170064

Original name as described

Otonyctomys hatti

Other common names

Hatt's Vesper Mouse · Hatt's Vesper Rat · Yucatan Vesper Mouse · Yucatan Vesper Rat

Type material

AMNH M-91190

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-91190

Type locality

Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002835

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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.

Otonyctomys hatti

H. E. Anthony, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

hatti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-91190

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-91190

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15664/115129163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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