Taxonomy Profile: Sigmodon mascotensis (J A Allen 1897)

Sigmodon mascotensis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Sigmodon hispidus atratus
Hall 1949
Sigmodon hispidus inexoratus
Elliot 1903
Sigmodon hispidus ischyrus
Goodwin 1956
Sigmodon hispidus obvelatus
Russell 1952
Sigmodon hispidus tonalensis
Bailey 1902
Common Name(s):
West Mexican Cotton Rat []
Jaliscan Cotton Rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sigmodon mascotensis: 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 : Sigmodontinae
New World rats |
New World mice |
Genus : Sigmodon
Cotton Rats |
Species : Sigmodon mascotensis
West Mexican Cotton Rat |
Jaliscan Cotton Rat |
Sigmodon mascotensis Direct Children(s):
Sigmodon mascotensis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Sigmodon mascotensis
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Sigmodon mascotensis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
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:
Sigmodon mascotensis
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:
Sigmodon mascotensis
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:
Sigmodon mascotensis
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:
Sigmodon mascotensis
Sigmodon mascotensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mexico / Native
Sigmodon mascotensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Sigmodon, S. hispidus species group. Zimmerman (1970) removed mascotensis from S. hispidus and reinstated it as species, a change supported by Severinghaus and Hoffmeister (1978) and Elder and Lee (1985). Revised by Carleton et al. (1999), who elaborated upon its morphological separation from S. arizonae (see above account) and S. hispidus and identified other junior synonyms mistakingly allocated to S. hispidus; see those authors for remarks on broad patterns of intraspecific vari...