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Onychomys (grasshopper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Onychomys was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Cricetidae by Baird (1858) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Onychomys Baird
1980Onychomys Kurten and Anderson p. 249
1997Onychomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusOnychomysBaird 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Onychomys Baird 1858 [grasshopper mouse]
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Onychomys bensoni Gidley 1922
Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941
Onychomys hollisteri Carleton and Eshelman 1979
Onychomys jinglebobensis Hibbard 1955
Onychomys larrabeei Hibbard 1953
Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 [northern grasshopper mouse]
Onychomys martini Hibbard 1937
Onychomys pedroensis Gidley 1922
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Invalid names: Onychomys fossilis Hibbard 1941 [synonym]
Onychomys torridus Coues 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available