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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Reithrodontomyini
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Subgenera (2): R. (Aporodon) – R. (Reithrodontomys)
Species (24): R. bakeri – R. brevirostris – R. burti – R. cherrii – R. chrysopsis – R. creper – R. darienensis – R. fulvescens – R. garichensis – R. gracilis – R. hirsutus – R. humulis – R. megalotis – R. mexicanus – R. microdon – R. montanus – R. musseri – R. paradoxus – R. raviventris – R. rodriguezi – R. spectabilis – R. sumichrasti – R. tenuirostris – R. zacatecae
Fossil species (4): †R. moorei – †R. pratincola – †R. rexroadensis – †R. wetmorei
Name
Reithrodontomys Giglioli, 1874: 326
Type species: Reithrodon megalotis Baird, 1857, by subsequent designated by Howell (1914: 13).
Synonyms
Ochetodon Coues, 1874: 184
Type species: no designated.
Aporodon Howell, 1914: 63 [accepted as subgenus]
Type species: Reithrodontomys tenuirostris Merriam, 1901, by original designation.
†Cudahyomys Hibbard, 1944: 725
Type species: †Cudahyomys moorei Hibbard, 1944, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Giglioli, E.H. 1874. Ricerche intorno alla distribuzione geografi ca generale o corologie degli animali vertebrati. III. Regione Boreo- Americana. Bolletino della Società Geologica Italiana 2: 321–366.
Coues, E. 1874. Synopsis of the Muridae of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26(3): 173–196.
Howell, A.H. 1914. Revision of the American harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys). North American Fauna 36: 1–97. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.36.0001
Hibbard, C.W. 1944. Stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of Pleistocene deposits of southwestern Kansas. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 55(6): 707–754, 3 plates. DOI: 10.1130/GSAB-55-707
Additional references
Allen, J.A. 1895. On the species of the genus Reithrodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7: 107–143. Full article
Hooper, E.T. 1952. A systematic review of harvest mice (Genus Reithrodontomys) of Latin America. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 77: 1–255. Full article
Bradley, R.D., Mendez-Harclerode, F., Hamilton, M.J. & Ceballos, G. 2004. A new species of Reithrodontomys from Guerrero, Mexico. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 231: 1–12. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Arellano, E., González-Cozátl, F.X. & Rogers, D.S. 2005. Molecular systematics of Middle American harvest mice Reithrodontomys (Muridae), estimated from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2): 529–540. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.021 Reference page.
Gardner, A.L. & Carleton, M.D. 2009. Chapter 5. A New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon ( Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys. In Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 157–182. DOI: 10.1206/582-5.1 Paywall; hdl: 2246/6035 Open access Reference page.
Links
Reithrodontomys 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.
Vernacular names
English: New World Harvest Mice
Reithrodontomys is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.
Species
This genus contains these species:
Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys bakeri
Short-nosed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys brevirostris
Sonoran harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys burti
Volcano harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys chrysopsis
Chiriqui harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys creper
Darien harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys darienensis
Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Slender harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys gracilis
Hairy harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys hirsutus
Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis
Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
Mexican harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus
Small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys microdon
Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
Small harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys musseri
Nicaraguan harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys paradoxus
Salt marsh harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys raviventris
Rodriguez's harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys rodriguezi
Cozumel harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys spectabilis
Sumichrast's harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys sumichrasti
Narrow-nosed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys tenuirostris
Zacatecas harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys zacatecae
References
Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501–755 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. [1] Accessed 3 April 2007.
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