Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Baiomys taylori
(Thomas 1887)
[Hesperomys] taylori
Thomas 1887
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19: 66
.
Type Locality:
USA
,
Texas
, Duval Co., San Diego.
Vernacular Names:
Northern Pygmy Mouse
.
Synonyms:
Baiomys allex
(Osgood 1904)
;
Baiomys analogus
(
Osgood 1909
)
;
Baiomys ater
Blossom and
Burt 1942
;
Baiomys canutus
Packard 1960
;
Baiomys fuliginatus
Packard 1960
;
Baiomys paulus
(J. A. Allen 1903)
;
Baiomys subater
(Bailey 1905)
.
Distribution:
SE
Arizona
and
SW
New Mexico
(see
Stuart and Scott, 1992
),
SW
Oklahoma
(see
Tumlison et al., 1993
), and E
Texas
(see
Roberts et al., 1997
),
USA
, south to
Michoacán
, C
Hidalgo
, and C
Veracruz
,
México
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Range expanding northwardly and westwardly in
Texas
and
Oklahoma
as documented by recent collections (L.
Choate et al., 1990
; L.
Choate and Jones, 1998
;
Roberts et al., 1997
;
Tumlison et al., 1993
). See
Eshelman and Cameron (1987
, Mammalian Species, 285).