Micromys minutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Micromys
Species: Micromys minutus

Name

Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771)

Type locality: Russia, Ulyanovsk. Obl. Middle Volga River, Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk).

Synonyms

Mus minutus Pallas, 1771: 454 (Original combination)
Mus soricinus Hermann, 1780: 661
Mus triticeus Boddaert, 1785: 111
Mus minimus White, 1789: 43
Mus messorius Kerr, 1792: 230
Mus avenarius Wolf, 1794: 315
Mus parvulus Hermann, 1804: 61
Mus pendulinus Hermann, 1804: 61
Mus arvensis Leach, 1816: 7
Mus campestris Desmarest, 1822: 543
Mus meridionalis Costa, 1844: 13
Micromys agilis Dehne, 1841
Mus oryzivorus de Sélys-Longchamps, 1841: 247
Mus pumilus Cuvier, 1842

References

Primary references

Pallas, P.S. 1771. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. Erster Theil. Pp. [1–12], 1–504, Tab. I–XI [= 1–11], Tab. A–L. St. Petersburg. Kayserliche Academie der Wissenschaften. (Online) Reference page.
Dehne, A. 1841. Micromys agilis, Kleinmaus, Ein neues Säugetier der Fauna von Dresden, aus der Ordnung der Nager. Privatdruck. Hoflößnitz bei Dresden. Reference page.

Additional references

Abramov, A.V., Meschersky, I.G. & Rozhnov, V.V. 2009. On the taxonomic status of the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 2199: 58–68. Abstract & excerpt

Links

Micromys minutus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Kryštufek, B., Lunde, D.P., Meinig, H., Aplin, K., Batsaikhan, N. & Henttonen, H. 2019. IUCN: Micromys minutus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13373A119151882. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13373A119151882.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Мыш-малышка
dansk: Dværgmus
English: Eurasian Harvest Mouse
español: Ratón espiguero
suomi: Vaivaishiiri
français: Rat Des Moissons
日本語: カヤネズミ
polski: Badylarka
português: Rato-espigueiro
svenska: Dvärgmus

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