Scotinomys teguina

(Alston, 1877)

Short-tailed Singing Mouse

Frontal view, showing head and feet. Also as Alston's Brown Mouse|Alston's Singing Mouse.
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Location: Guatemala, Chiquimula, Aldea Plan de la Arada, 8 km SW of Esquipulas, 1620 mDate taken: Jul 15, 2010

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2060

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Baiomyini
Genus : Scotinomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Alston, E.R. 1877-04. On two new species of Hesperomys.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4):755-757.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100028

Original name as described

Hesperomys teguina

Other common names

Alston's Brown Mouse · Alston's Singing Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/752a7c60-d3a1-46b8-aa32-d7b02dad6928

Type locality

Cobán, Alta Verapaz Dept., Guatemala.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002221

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 23 names and synonyms.

Mus Teguina

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

teguina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680057

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Hesperomys teguina

(Alston, 1877)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

teguina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/752a7c60-d3a1-46b8-aa32-d7b02dad6928

Authority page

755

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100028

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Abrothrix teguina

(Alfaro, 1897)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

teguina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

San José

Name usages

Alfaro (1897:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)

Akodon teguina

(J. A. Allen, 1897)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

teguina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046593

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  2. Trouessart (1897:537, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Bangs (1902:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Akodon teguina apricus

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10236

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10236

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199038

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Akodon irazu

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

irazu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18128

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18128

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acodon teguina

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

teguina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:434, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Acodon teguina apricus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:434, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Scotinomys teguina apricus

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

apricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17382)
  2. Goldman (1920:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Goodwin (1946:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Handley (1966:784, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15322)
  5. Hall (1981:734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Scotinomys irazu

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

irazu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17382)

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