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SPECIES Ochrotomys nuttalli

Author:Harlan, 1832.
Citation:Mon. Am. J. Geol. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia: 446.
Common Name:Golden Mouse
Type Locality:USA, Virginia, Norfolk Co., Norfolk.
Distribution:SE USA, from SE Missouri across to E West Virginia and S Virginia, south to E Texas, the Gulf coast, and C Florida.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subspecific classification revised by Packard (1969), but Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) saw no basis for recognizing any. See Linzey and Packard (1977, Mammalian Species, 75).
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Synonyms:

    aureolus (Audubon and Bachman, 1841)
    flammeus (Goldman, 1941)
    floridanus Packard, 1969
    lewisi (A. H. Howell, 1939)
    lisae Packard, 1969

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