Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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