MCZ Mammalogy 5275

Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus (LeConte, 1853)

Lectotype of Hesperomys gossypinus

Date Collected:

1847-09-13

North America: United States: Georgia: Liberty | Riceboro, probably on the LeConte Plantation near Riceboro

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5275 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus (LeConte, 1853)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae Cricetinae
Common Name(s): cotton mouse
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Hesperomys leucopus
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger
Hesperomys gossypinus LeConte, 1853
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae
Determiner: John Lawrence LeConte on 1853-10-25
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication

LeConte 1853, page 411, Lectotype of Hesperomys gossypinus LeConte, 1853
Media type: text; LeConte 1853 Description: Descriptions of three new species of American Arvicolae, with remarks upon some other American rodents;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: LeConte 1853 Description: Descriptions of three new species of American Arvicolae, with remarks upon some other American rodents

  • previous number: USNM 546

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-28
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-07   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-28

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Georgia
  • County:
  • Liberty
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Riceboro, probably on the LeConte Plantation near Riceboro
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Georgia
  • Georeference:
  • 31.7354940°, -81.433441° (Error radius: 10506m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2022-04-13 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1847-09-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 13-Sep-1847
  • Collector:
  • John Eatton Le Conte

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 5253; 5255; 5257; 5258; 5259; 5260; 5261; 5262; 5263; 5264; 5265; 5267; 5268; 5269; 5270; 5271; 5272; 5273; 5275; 5251; 5252; 5254; 5256; 5266; 5274 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.100;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:5253 Lama huanachus pacos to MCZ:Mamm:...

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