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Onychomys (grasshopper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

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

It was assigned to Cricetinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Cricetidae by Baird (1858) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Onychomys Baird
1980Onychomys Kurten and Anderson p. 249
1997Onychomys 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
genusOnychomysBaird 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.

G. Onychomys Baird 1858 [grasshopper mouse]
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†Onychomys bensoni Gidley 1922
†Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941
†Onychomys hollisteri Carleton and Eshelman 1979
†Onychomys jinglebobensis Hibbard 1955
†Onychomys larrabeei Hibbard 1953
Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 [northern grasshopper mouse]
†Onychomys martini Hibbard 1937
†Onychomys pedroensis Gidley 1922
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Invalid names: Onychomys fossilis Hibbard 1941 [synonym]
†Onychomys torridus Coues 1874
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 12:48:07
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:48:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Onychomys larabeei (18201)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Peromyscus martini (18140)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Onychomys larabeei (18247)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Onychomys gidleyi (19715) Onychomys sp. (20106)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Onychomys fossilis (19942) Onychomys gidleyi (19931 19935 19936 19940) Onychomys larrabeei (19922) Onychomys sp. (19943 19945)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Onychomys sp. (19963)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Onychomys gidleyi (20060) Onychomys sp. (20032 20053)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Onychomys bensoni (19624 19628 19650) Onychomys pedroensis (19646 19659 20303) Onychomys sp. (19620 19627 19658)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Onychomys hollisteri, Onychomys pedroensis (19927)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Onychomys sp. (20125) Onychomys torridus (20178 20214)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Onychomys leucogaster (20143 20501) Onychomys pedroensis (20523)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Onychomys pedroensis (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Onychomys hollisteri (20427) Onychomys leucogaster (20165 20167 20168 20295) Onychomys sp. (20332 20391 20516)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Onychomys jinglebobensis (20530) Onychomys leucogaster (20318) Onychomys pedroensis (20164 20451) Onychomys sp. (20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Onychomys sp. (20340)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Onychomys leucogaster (20309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Onychomys sp. (20619)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Onychomys sp. (20633)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys torridus (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys torridus (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Onychomys leucogaster (93143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Onychomys leucogaster (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Onychomys jinglebobensis (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Onychomys sp. (71263)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Onychomys torridus (74474)