Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied 1841)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1061

Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied 1841)

[Hypudaeus] leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 , Reise in Nord America, Vol. 2: 99.

Type Locality: USA, North Dakota, Oliver Co., Mandan village near Fort Clark.

Vernacular Names: Northern Grasshopper Mouse.

Synonyms: Onychomys albescens Merriam 1904 ; Onychomys arcticeps Rhoads 1898 ; Onychomys breviauritus Hollister 1913 ; Onychomys brevicaudus Merriam 1891 ; Onychomys capitulatus Hollister 1913 ; Onychomys durranti Riddle and J. Choate 1986 ; Onychomys fuliginosus Merriam 1890 ; Onychomys fuscogriseus Anthony 1913 ; Onychomys longipes Merriam 1889 ; Onychomys melanophrys Merriam 1889 ; Onychomys missouriensis (Audubon and Bachman 1851) ; Onychomys pallescens Merriam 1890 ; Onychomys pallidus Herrick 1885 ; Onychomys ruidosae Stone and Rehn 1903 ; Onychomys utahensis Goldman 1939 .

Distribution: S Alberta, S Saskatchewan, and SW Manitoba, Canada, south through much of Great Plains and Great Basin region of USA, to NC Sonora and N Tamaulipas, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as O. l. durranti , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Geographic variation and subspecific taxonomy reviewed for C Great Plains (Engstrom and J. Choate, 1979) and for Great Basin region (Riddle and J. Choate, 1986). Biogeographic implications of intraspecific differentiation explored by Riddle and J. Choate (1986) and Riddle et al. (1993). See McCarty (1978, Mammalian Species, 87).