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Calomys (vesper mouse)
Taxonomy
Mus (Calomys) was named by Waterhouse (1837). It is extant.
It was reranked as Calomys by Hershkovitz (1962), Baskin (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997), D'Elía (2003) and Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Mus by Waterhouse (1837); to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phyllotini by Hershkovitz (1962), Baskin (1978) and D'Elía (2003); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).
It was reranked as Calomys by Hershkovitz (1962), Baskin (1978), McKenna and Bell (1997), D'Elía (2003) and Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Mus by Waterhouse (1837); to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Phyllotini by Hershkovitz (1962), Baskin (1978) and D'Elía (2003); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Mus (Calomys) Waterhouse p. 21 |
1953 | Cimmaronomys Hibbard |
1962 | Calomys Hershkovitz |
1978 | Calomys Baskin p. 126 |
1997 | Calomys McKenna and Bell |
2003 | Calomys D'Elía p. 314 |
2006 | Calomys Salles et al. p. 9 |
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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. Calomys Waterhouse 1837 [vesper mouse]
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Calomys callosus Rengger 1830 [big laucha]
Calomys expulsus Lund 1841 [Caatinga laucha]
Calomys hummelincki Husson 1960
Calomys laucha Desmarest 1816 [small vesper mouse]
Calomys musculinus Thomas 1913
Calomys tener Winge 1887 [delicate vesper mouse]
Calomys tocantinsi Bonvicino et al. 2003
Invalid names: Cimmaronomys Hibbard 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. R. Waterhouse 1837 | Front molar with three indentations of enamel on the inner side and two on the outer; second molar with two on the inner and two on the outer; and the last molar with one on each side. Type Mus (Calomys) bimaculatus. |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hemphillian | Mexico (Jalisco) | Calomys indet. (189788) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Calomys lancha (70673) | |
Pleistocene | Peru (Arequipa) | Calomys sp. (144922) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Calomys tener (211820) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Calomys sp. (92813) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Calomys callosus (71303) Calomys sp. (140807) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Calomys musculinus (213027) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Calomys hummelinki (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Calomys callosus (71332 71334) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Calomys expulsus, Calomys tener (211821) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Calomys musculinus (216692) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Calomys sp. (141182) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Calomys musculinus (216696) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Calomys musculinus (145810) Graomys griseoflavus (63338) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Calomys sp. (211634) | |
Holocene | Bolivia | Calomys sp. (71324) | |
Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Calomys sp. (70705) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | Calomys musculinus (212466 212467) | |
Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | Calomys sp. (212470) |