Taxonomy Profile: Aplodontia rufa (Rafinesque 1817)

Aplodontia rufa: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Anisonyx rufa
Rafinesque 1817
Common Name(s):
Sewellel []
Mountain Beaver []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Aplodontia rufa: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
squirrels |
Family : Aplodontiidae
Mountain Beavers |
Genus : Aplodontia
Mountain Beaver |
Species : Aplodontia rufa
Sewellel |
Mountain Beaver |
Aplodontia rufa Direct Children(s):
Aplodontia rufa rufa
(Rafinesque 1817)
Aplodontia rufa nigra
(Taylor 1914)
Aplodontia rufa pacifica
(Merriam 1899)
Aplodontia rufa phaea
(Merriam 1899)
Aplodontia rufa rainieri
(Merriam 1899)
Aplodontia rufa: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Don E. Wilson
Notes:
Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hall, E. Raymond
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-04-03 / 1981-04-03
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
1-600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-05443-7/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Helgen, Kristofer M. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Aplodontiidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
753
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Aplodontia rufa
Aplodontia rufa: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Aplodontia rufa: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by Carraway and Verts (1993; Mammalian Species, 431)
Comment:
Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered as A. r. nigra; IUCN - Vulnerable as A. r. nigra and A. r. phaea; otherwise Lower Risk (nt)