Taxonomy Profile: Neotoma mexicana (Baird 1855)

Neotoma mexicana: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Neotoma distincta
Bangs 1903
Neotoma fallax
Merriam 1894
Neotoma ferruginea
Tomes 1862
Neotoma isthmica
Goldman 1904
Neotoma navus
Merriam 1903
Neotoma parvidens
Goldman 1904
Neotoma picta
Goldman 1904
Neotoma pinetorum
Merriam 1893
Neotoma sinaloae
J A Allen 1898
Neotoma tenuicauda
Merriam 1892
Neotoma torquata
Ward 1891
Neotoma tropicalis
Goldman 1904
Neotoma mexicana atrata
Burt 1939
Neotoma mexicana bullata
Merriam 1894
Neotoma ferruginea chamula
Goldman 1909
Neotoma mexicana eremita
Hall 1955
Neotoma ferruginea griseoventer
Dalquest 1951
Neotoma mexicana inopinata
Goldman 1933
Neotoma mexicana inornata
Goldman 1938
Neotoma mexicana madrensis
Goldman 1905
Neotoma ferruginea ochracea
Goldman 1905
Neotoma mexicana scopulorum
Finley 1953
Neotoma ferruginea solitaria
Goldman 1905
Neotoma ferruginea vulcani
Sanborn 1935
Common Name(s):
Rata-cambalachera mexicana []
Mexican Woodrat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Neotoma mexicana: 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 : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Genus : Neotoma
Packrats |
Species : Neotoma mexicana
Rata-cambalachera mexicana |
Mexican Woodrat |
Neotoma mexicana Direct Children(s):
Neotoma mexicana: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
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:
Neotoma mexicana
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
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:
Neotoma mexicana
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
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:
Neotoma mexicana
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
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. 2
Page(s):
601-1175
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-05443-5/
Notes:
Reference for:
Neotoma mexicana
Neotoma mexicana: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Neotoma mexicana: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Neotoma, mexicana species group (sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). Goldman (1910) recognized the synonyms listed here under seven species, an early view on diversity uncritically overturned during the broad-brushed application of the biological species concept (Hall, 1955; Hooper, 1955). However, a composite of three or more species, e.g., as indicated by the comments of Sánchez-Hernández et al. (1999) on the morphological distinctiveness of tenuicauda and torquata in Michoacán, a...