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Neotoma fuscipes (dusky-footed woodrat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Neotoma fuscipes was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Neotoma fuscipes Baird
1980Neotoma fuscipes Kurten and Anderson p. 253

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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()
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
speciesfuscipesBaird 1858

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 fuscipes Baird 1858 [dusky-footed woodrat]
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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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Neotoma prelepida (20528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Neotoma fuscipes (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Neotoma fuscipes (93250 155409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Neotoma fuscipes (155393)