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Onychomys leucogaster (northern grasshopper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Hypudaeus leucogaster was named by Wied-Neuwied (1841). It is extant.

It was recombined as Onychomys leucogaster by Dalquest and Roth (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. larabeei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Hypudaeus leucogaster Wied-Neuwied
1970Onychomys leucogaster Dalquest and Roth p. 227
1980Onychomys leucogaster Kurten and Anderson p. 250

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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
speciesleucogaster(Wied-Neuwied 1841)

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.

Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 [northern grasshopper mouse]
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Onychomys leucogaster (20318)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Onychomys leucogaster (20165 20167 20168 20295)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Onychomys leucogaster (20143 20501)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Onychomys leucogaster (20309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Onychomys leucogaster (93143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Onychomys leucogaster (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Onychomys leucogaster (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Onychomys leucogaster (71264)