Reithrodontomys cherrii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Lectotype: AMNH 3648, adult ♂, skin. [designated by Osgood (1907: 51)]

Type locality: “San José”, San José Prov., Costa Rica.

Hesperomys (Vesperimus) cherri J. A. Allen, 1891: 211 [original combination]
Reithrodontomys cherriei: Osgood, 1907: 50 [name combination, incorrect spelling]
Reithrodontomys mexicanus cherrii: Howell, 1914: 73 [name combination, reduced to subspecies]
Reithrodontomys cherrii: Arellano, González-Cozátl & Rogers, 2005: 538 [name combination, restaured to species]

Holotype: AMNH 9556/7898, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality “La Carpintera, (alt. 6000 ft.), [Cartago Prov.,] Costa Rica”.

Allen, J.A. 1891. Notes on a collection of mammals from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 3: 203–218. Full article
Allen, J.A. 1895. On the species of the genus Reithrodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7: 107–143. Full article
Osgood, W.H. 1907. Some unrecognized and misapplied names of American mammals. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 20: 43–52.
Arellano, E., González-Cozátl, F.X. & Rogers, D.S. 2005. Molecular systematics of Middle American harvest mice Reithrodontomys (Muridae), estimated from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2): 529–540. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.021 Reference page.

English: Costa Rican Harvest Mouse