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Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) gracilis J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

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Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) gracilis J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) gracilis J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9: 9.

Type Locality: México, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá.

Vernacular Names: Slender Harvest Mouse.

Synonyms: Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) anthonyi Goodwin 1932; Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) harrisi Goodwin 1945; Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) insularis Jones 1964; Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) pacificus Goodwin 1932.

Distribution: Yucatán Peninsula and coastal Chiapas, México, south along Pacific watershed to WC Costa Rica (see Reid and Langtimm, 1993).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Aporodon, mexicanus species group. In the allozymic study of Arellano et al. (2003), samples of R. gracilis emerged as paraphyletic with regard to R. spectabilis on Cozumel Isl; their results identify the need for critical review of the gracilis spectabilis complex. See Young and Jones (1984, Mammalian Species, 218).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1082, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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References

  • Jones, J. K., Jr. 1964. Distribution and taxonomy of mammals of Nebraska. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 16: 1 - 356.
  • Reid, F. A., and C. A. Langtimm. 1993. Distributional and natural history notes for selected mammals from Costa Rica. Southwestern Naturalist, 38: 299 - 302.
  • Arellano, E., D. S. Rogers, and F. A. Cervantes. 2003. Genic differentiation and phylogenetic relationships among tropical harvest mice (Reithrodontomys: Subgenus Aporodon). Journal of Mammalogy, 84: 129 - 143.
  • Young, C. J., and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1984. Reithrodontomys gracilis. Mammalian Species, 218: 1 - 3.