Reithrodontomys megalotis

Reithrodontomys megalotis

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 Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Reithrodontomyini
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Subgenus: Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys)
Species: Reithrodontomys megalotis

Name

Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird, 1857)

Type locality: “between Janos, Chihuahua, and San Luis Springs, Grant County, New Mexico.”

Combinations

• Reithrodon megalotis Baird, 1857: 451 [original combination]
• Reithrodontomys megalotis: J. A. Allen, 1893: 79 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Reithrodontomys megalotis santacruzae Pearson 1951: 366
  • Holotype: MVZ 113604, adult ♂, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California.”

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1857. Mammals. Part I. General Report upon the Zoology of the Special Pacific Railroad Routes. Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C. vol. 8. Pp. xlviii + 757, 43 pls., 35 figs
• Pearson, O.P. 1951. Additions to the fauna of Santa Cruz Island, California, with description of a new subspecies of Reithrodontomys megalotis. Journal of Mammalogy 32(3): 366–368. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/32.3.366 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nava-García, E., Guerrero-Enríquez, J.A. & Arellano, E. 2016. Molecular Phylogeography of Harvest Mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis) Based on Cytochrome b DNA Sequences. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 23(3): 297–307. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-015-9318-5

Links

• Reithrodontomys megalotis 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.
• Cassola, F. 2016. IUCN: Reithrodontomys megalotis  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19410A115151098. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19410A22386423.en

Vernacular names

English: Southern Marsh/Western Harvest Mouse

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