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Neotoma floridana (eastern woodrat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Mus floridanus was named by Ord (1818). It is extant. It is the type species of Neotoma.

It was recombined as Neotoma floridana by Say and Ord (1825), Hay (1902), Wiley (1980), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Synonyms
  • Neotoma baileyi was named by Merriam (1894). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma floridana by Wiley (1980).
  • Neotoma campestris was named by Allen (1894). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma floridana by Wiley (1980).
  • Neotoma attwateri was named by Mearns (1897). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma floridana by Wiley (1980).
  • Neotoma magister was named by Baird (1858) [also said to be 1857; said by C. Edwards and Bradley to be Goldman 1910]. It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma pennsylvanica by Poole (1940); it was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma floridana by Schwartz and Odum (1957), Wiley (1980) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
  • Neotoma pennsylvanica was named by Stone (1893). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma floridana by Wiley (1980).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Mus floridanus Ord
1825Neotoma floridana Say and Ord p. 346
1857Neotoma magister Baird
1858Neotoma magister Baird p. 498
1893Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone p. 16
1894Neotoma campestris Allen p. 322
1894Neotoma baileyi Merriam p. 123
1897Neotoma attwateri Mearns p. 721
1902Neotoma floridana Hay p. 727
1902Neotoma magister Hay p. 727
1980Neotoma floridana Kurten and Anderson p. 252
1980Neotoma floridana Wiley p. 1
1992Neotoma magister Hayes and Harrison
1993Neotoma magister Hayes and Richmond
1998Neotoma floridana Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2001Neotoma magister Edwards and Bradley

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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
genusNeotomaSay and Ord 1825
speciesfloridana(Ord 1818)

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.

Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 [eastern woodrat]
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Invalid names: Neotoma attwateri Mearns 1897 [synonym], Neotoma baileyi Merriam 1894 [synonym], Neotoma campestris Allen 1894 [synonym], Neotoma magister Baird 1858 [synonym], Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available