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Calomys (vesper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

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).

Subtaxa
C. (Calomys), C. callosus, C. expulsus, C. hummelincki, C. laucha, C. musculinus, C. tener, C. tocantinsi
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. lancha
Sister taxa
C. (Calomys)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Mus (Calomys) Waterhouse p. 21
1953Cimmaronomys Hibbard
1962Calomys Hershkovitz
1978Calomys Baskin p. 126
1997Calomys McKenna and Bell
2003Calomys D'Elía p. 314
2006Calomys Salles et al. p. 9

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
tribePhyllotini
genusCalomys()

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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Subg. Calomys (Calomys) Waterhouse 1837
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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
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. R. Waterhouse 1837Front 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.