Micromys erythrotis

(E. Blyth, 1856)

Red-eared Harvest Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Micromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1856. Report for October meeting, 1855. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 24(7):711-723.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40269021

Original name as described

Mus erythrotis

Other common names

Indochinese Harvest Mouse

Type material

ZSI 6309

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cherrapunjii, Khasi Hills, Assam, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Laos · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

split from M. minutus and previously included M. pygmaeus

Taxonomy notes citation

Abramov, A. V., Meschersky, I. G., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2009). On the taxonomic status of the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2199(1), 58-68. · Chen, Z., Pei, X., Song, J., Song, W., Shi, Z., Onditi, K. O., ... & Jiang, X. (2023). Systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Micromys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology, 1-15.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003575

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.

Micromys minutus berezowskii

Argyropulo, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

berezowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 19731

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

253

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Leningrad

Name usages

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

Mus erythrotis

(E. Blyth, 1856)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 6309

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

721

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40269021

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Micromys minutus erythrotis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Micromys erythrotis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000586

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Micromys minutus shenshiensis

Li, Wu, & Shao, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

shenshiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Name usages

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

Micromys minutus zhenjiangensis

Huang, 1989

Family

Muridae

Root name

zhenjiangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10-13

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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