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Neotoma floridana (eastern woodrat)

Osteichthyes - 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), Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. pinckneyi

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), 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
2025Neotoma magister Eshelman 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
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
Measurements
partNmean

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: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

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

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Neotoma floridana (125941) Neotoma magister (123875 124319)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Neotoma magister (126660)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Neotoma floridana (74246) Neotoma pennsylvanica (74240)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Neotoma magister (79660)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Neotoma floridana (104698)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Neotoma floridana (20390 20423)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Virginia) Neotoma floridana (20388)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Neotoma magister (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Neotoma floridana (20554) Neotoma magister (20555)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Neotoma floridana (104662)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Neotoma floridana (20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Neotoma floridana (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neotoma floridana (20608)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Neotoma floridana (123868 124198 124199 124950) Neotoma magister (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Neotoma floridana (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Neotoma floridana (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neotoma floridana (20571 20572 20573 20595 20650 20653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neotoma floridana (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Neotoma floridana (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Neotoma floridana (34269 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Neotoma floridana (82258 103991 104697) Neotoma magister (104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Neotoma floridana (84195)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Neotoma pennsylvanica (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Neotoma floridana (104034 104035 104672 104689 104703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Neotoma floridana (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Neotoma floridana (63565 63566 63567)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Neotoma floridana (124320 124321 124322)