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Hodomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Hodomys was named by Merriam (1894). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Neotoma by Burt and Barkalow (1942).

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Merriam (1894), Carleton (1980), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
H. alleni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Hodomys Merriam
1980Hodomys Carleton
1993Hodomys Wilson and Reeder
1997Hodomys McKenna and Bell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusHodomysMerriam 1894

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. Hodomys Merriam 1894
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Hodomys alleni Merriam 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Sonora) H. sp. (20322)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) H. sp. (20091 20092 20093 20094 20095 20097 20098 20099 20102 20103 20104 20105 20106 20107 20109 20110 20112 20113 20115 20116 20118 20119 20120 20121 20122)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) H. sp. (20123 20124 20125 20126 20127 20128 20130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Neotoma alleni (71306)