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Neotoma cinerea (bushy-tailed woodrat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Mus cinereus was named by Ord (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neotoma cinerea by Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. pinckneyi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Mus cinereus Ord
1905Teonoma spelaea Sinclair
1935Neotoma cinerea Schultz and Howard p. 281
1980Neotoma cinerea Kurten and Anderson p. 253

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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
genusNeotomaSay and Ord 1825
speciescinerea(Ord 1815)

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 cinerea Ord 1815 [bushy-tailed woodrat]
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Invalid names: Teonoma spelaea Sinclair 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:47:31
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:47:31
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (New Mexico) Neotoma cinerea (20505)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Neotoma cinerea (20349 20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Neotoma cinerea (19617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Neotoma cinerea (74953 74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Neotoma cinerea (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Teonoma spelaea (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Neotoma cinerea (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Neotoma cinerea (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Neotoma cinerea (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Neotoma cinerea (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Neotoma cinerea (162133)