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Reithrodontomys (harvest mouse)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Reithrodontomys Giglioli
1980Reithrodontomys Kurten and Anderson p. 240
1997Reithrodontomys McKenna and Bell
2002Reithrodontomys Czaplewski et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusReithrodontomysGiglioli 1874

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. Reithrodontomys Giglioli 1874 [harvest mouse]
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Reithrodontomys fulvescens Allen 1894 [fulvous harvest mouse]
†Reithrodontomys galushai Tomida 1987
Reithrodontomys humulis Audubon and Bachman 1841 [eastern harvest mouse]
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 [western harvest mouse]
Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 [plains harvest mouse]
†Reithrodontomys moorei Hibbard 1944
†Reithrodontomys wetmorei Hibbard 1952
Invalid names: Cudahyomys [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Reithrodontomys pratincola (19942 19943) Reithrodontomys wetmorei, Reithrodontomys rexroadensis (19931)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Reithrodontomys sp. (19705 19737 20112 20116 28237)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Reithrodontomys galushai (19659) Reithrodontomys rexroadensis (19654 19658) Reithrodontomys sp. (19618 19620)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Reithrodontomys pratincola (19964)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Reithrodontomys rexroadensis (20060) Reithrodontomys sp. (20030)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys sp. (20384)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Reithrodontomys pratincola (19927)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys wetmorei (98313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Reithrodontomys humulis (237076) Reithrodontomys sp. (183463)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Oregon) Reithrodontomys sp. (275384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Reithrodontomys humulis (20390) Reithrodontomys megalotis (20165 20167 20168 20295) Reithrodontomys montanus (20516) Reithrodontomys moorei (20301) Reithrodontomys sp. (20422 20423 20426)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Reithrodontomys sp. (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) Reithrodontomys megalotis (20504 20505) Reithrodontomys sp. (20513) Reithrodontomys sp., Reithrodontomys megalotis (20514)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Reithrodontomys fulvescens (20530) Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Reithrodontomys montanus (20318) Reithrodontomys montanus (20420) Reithrodontomys moorei (20163 20306 20451)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Reithrodontomys sp. (20125 20126 20187 20195 28221 28223)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Reithrodontomys moorei (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Reithrodontomys sp. (20143)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys humulis (20289) Reithrodontomys humulis, Reithrodontomys wetmorei (20385) Reithrodontomys sp. (20308 20350)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (Kansas) Reithrodontomys sp. (20492)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Reithrodontomys sp. (20355 20361 20367 20368)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Reithrodontomys megalotis (240844)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Puebla) Reithrodontomys sp. (230717)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys humulis (20398 20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Reithrodontomys fulvescens (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Reithrodontomys sp. (93143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys humulis (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Reithrodontomys sp. (84195)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Reithrodontomys sp. (20642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Reithrodontomys montanus (74473) Reithrodontomys sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Reithrodontomys sp. (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Reithrodontomys humulis (75066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Reithrodontomys megalotis (106400) Reithrodontomys sp. (219438)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Reithrodontomys sp. (93183)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Reithrodontomys megalotis (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Reithrodontomys montanus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Reithrodontomys sp. (20619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Reithrodontomys humulis (20573 20595 20596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Reithrodontomys megalotis (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Reithrodontomys sp. (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Reithrodontomys montanus (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Reithrodontomys megalotis, Reithrodontomys montanus (74474)