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Neotoma micropus (southern plains woodrat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Neotoma micropus was named by Baird (1855). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Neotoma micropus Baird
1970Neotoma micropus Dalquest and Roth p. 227
1980Neotoma micropus Kurten and Anderson p. 252

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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
speciesmicropusBaird 1855

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 micropus Baird 1855 [southern plains 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: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Neotoma micropus (20295)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Neotoma micropus (20318)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Neotoma micropus (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Neotoma micropus (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Neotoma micropus (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Neotoma micropus (71263)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Neotoma micropus (74474)