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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Neotoma
--> SUBGENUS Neotoma
SPECIES Neotoma (Neotoma) anthonyi
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1898. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 10: 151. | | Common Name: | Anthony’s Woodrat | | Type Locality: | México, Baja California Norte, Todos Santos Isl. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Subgenus Neotoma, lepida species group (sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). Listed as nominal species of N. lepida group by Goldman (1932); also see Mascarello (1978). Not collected since 1910; judged "extinct or very close to extinction" by Mellink (1992:139) probably due to the introduction of domestic cats. See Cortés-Calva et al. (2001, Mammalian Species, 663). |
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