Micromys minutus

Micromys minutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Micromys
Species: Micromys minutus

Name

Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771)

• Type locality: Russia, Ulyanovsk. Obl. Middle Volga River, Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk).

Synonyms

• Mus minutus Pallas, 1771: 454 (Original combination)
• Mus soricinus Hermann, 1780: 661
• Mus triticeus Boddaert, 1785: 111
• Mus minimus White, 1789: 43
• Mus messorius Kerr, 1792: 230
• Mus avenarius Wolf, 1794: 315
• Mus parvulus Hermann, 1804: 61
• Mus pendulinus Hermann, 1804: 61
• Mus arvensis Leach, 1816: 7
• Mus campestris Desmarest, 1822: 543
• Mus meridionalis Costa, 1844: 13
• Micromys agilis Dehne, 1841
• Mus oryzivorus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1841: 247
• Mus pumilus Cuvier, 1842

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1771. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Erster Theil. Pp. [1–12], 1–504, Tab. I–XI [= 1–11], Tab. A–L. St. Petersburg. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften. (Online) Reference page. 
• Dehne, A. 1841. Micromys agilis, Kleinmaus, Ein neues Säugetier der Fauna von Dresden, aus der Ordnung der Nager. Privatdruck. Hoflößnitz bei Dresden. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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: 58–68. Abstract & excerpt

Links

• Micromys minutus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Kryštufek, B., Lunde, D.P., Meinig, H., Aplin, K., Batsaikhan, N. & Henttonen, H. 2019. IUCN: Micromys minutus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13373A119151882. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13373A119151882.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Мыш-малышка
dansk: Dværgmus
English: Eurasian Harvest Mouse
español: Ratón espiguero
suomi: Vaivaishiiri
français: Rat Des Moissons
日本語: カヤネズミ
polski: Badylarka
português: Rato-espigueiro
svenska: Dvärgmus

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