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Neotoma micropus

Description

The Southern Plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northwest Mexico and in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotoma_micropus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2438439https://www.gbif.org/species/2438439
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)49127https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=49127
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaS盲ve-S枚derbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaS盲ve-S枚derbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNeotomini
genusNeotomaSay and Ord 1825
speciesNeotoma micropusBaird 1855
Generic NameNeotoma
Common Namesouthern plains woodrat
Scientific NameNeotoma micropus Baird, 1855
Name Published InProc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 p.333
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Neotoma micropusspeciesbelongs to Neotomastated without evidenceBaird, 1855
Neotoma micropusspeciesbelongs to Neotomastated with evidenceDalquest and Roth, 1970
Neotoma micropusspeciesbelongs to Neotomastated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Common Name(s) Southern Plains Woodrat, Rata-cambalachera De Pradera
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotoma_micropus

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Neotoma micropus leucophaea Goldman, 1933GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus leucophaea
Neotoma micropus littoralis Goldman, 1905GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus littoralis
Neotoma micropus planiceps Goldman, 1905GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus planiceps
Neotoma macropus surberi Elliot, 1899GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma macropus surberi
Neotoma micropus canescens J.A.Allen, 1891GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotoma : Neotoma micropus canescens

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1855Neotoma micropus Baird
1970Neotoma micropus Dalquest and Roth p. 227
1980Neotoma micropus Kurten and Anderson p. 252

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Dalquest W. W., Roth E. (1970) Late Pleistocene mammals from a cave in Tamaulipas, Mexico, Southwestern Naturalist 15 2, 217-230
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2. 601-1175. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life
(2001) database, Comisi贸n Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner (1987) Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada: Resource Publication, no. 166 - via Catalogue of Life
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Superfamily Muroidea: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Hall, E. Raymond (1981) The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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