Rodentia (Rodents: Mice, Rats, Chipmunks, Beavers, Springhares etc.)

 

 

Suborder: Anomaluromorpha

Family: Anomaluridae (Scaly-tailed Squirrels)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pedetidae (Springhares)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Suborder: Castorimorpha

Superfamily: Castoroidea (Beavers)

Family: Castoridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
†Castoroides dilophidus	(Martin, 1969)	Giant beaver	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Florida, Georgia & North Carolina, USA	Extinct	Access
†Castoroides leiseyorum	Morgan & White, 1995	Giant beaver	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
†Castoroides ohioensis	Foster, 1838	Giant beaver	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
†Trogontherium cuvieri	Fischer von Waldheim, 1809	-	Late Pleistocene	Eurasia	Extinct	Access

 

Superfamily: Geomyoidea (Pocket Gophers & Pocket Mice, Kangaroo Rats & Kangaroo Mice)

Family: Geomyidae (Pocket Gophers)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Geomys pinetis cumberlandius	Bangs, 1898	Cumberland Island pocket gopher	1956	Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Geomys pinetis fontanelus	Sherman, 1940	Sherman's pocket gopher	1950?	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Geomys pinetis goffi	Sherman, 1944	Goff’s pocket gopher, Goff’s south-eastern pocket gopher	1955	Pineda Ridge, near Eau Gallie, Brevard County, Florida, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Orthogeomys cuniculus	Elliot, 1905	Oaxacan pocket gopher	1960's	Zanatepec, Oaxaca State, México	Missing	Access
Orthogeomys lanius	Elliot, 1905	Big pocket gopher	(rediscovered)	Veracruz, México	Rediscovered	Access
Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni	(Russell, 1957)	Alcorn's pocket gopher	1998	Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco, Mexico	Missing	Access
Thomomys baileyi baileyi	Merriam, 1901	Sierra Blanca pocket gopher	1940	Texas, USA	Extinct	Access
Thomomys bottae abstrusus	Hall & Davis, 1935	Fish Spring pocket gopher	?	Nevada, USA	Missing	Access
Thomomys bottae curtatus	Hall, 1932	San Antonio pocket gopher	?	Nevada, USA	Missing	Access
Thomomys bottae subsimilis	Goldman, 1933	Harquahala pocket gopher	?	Arizona, USA	Missing	Access
Thomomys mazama louiei	Gardner, 1950	Cathlamet pocket gopher	1956	near Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County, Washington, USA	Extinct	Access
Thomomys mazama tacomensis	Taylor, 1919	Tacoma pocket gopher	?	Washington, USA	Extinct	Access
Thomomys mazama tumuli	Dalquest and Scheffer, 1942	Tenino pocket gopher, Rocky Prairie pocket gopher	?	Washington, USA	Missing	Access

 

Family: Heteromyidae (Kangaroo Rats & Kangaroo Mice, Pocket Mice)

Superfamily: Cavioidea

Family: Dasyproctidae (Goutis and Acouchis)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Cuniculidae (Pacas)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Dinomyidae (Pacarana) (1 living species)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Dinomys branickii	Peters, 1873	Pacarana	(rediscovered)	South America	Rediscovered	Access
Niedemys piauiensis	Kerber et al. 2014	-	Late Quaternary	Brazil	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Caviidae (Cavies, Capybaras and Guinea Pigs)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Galea ortodonta	Ubilla & Rinderknecht, 2001	-	Late Pleistocene	Bolivia & Uruguay	Extinct	Access
Galea tixiensis	Quintana, 2001	-	Holocene (10,300 to 170 yrs BP)	Argentina	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites	White et al., 2022		~130 ka to 80 ka	California, USA	Extinct	Access
Hydrochaerus holmesi	Simpson, 1928	Holmes’s capybara	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Microcavia criolloensis	Ubilla et al., 1999	-	Late Pleistocene	Uruguay	Extinct	Access
Neochoerus aesopi	Leidy, 1853	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Neochoerus pinckneyi	Hay, 1923	Pinckney's capybara	Late Pleistocene	Americas	Extinct	Access
Neochoerus sulcidens	Lund, 1839		Late Pleistocene	Brazil & Uruguay	Extinct	Access

 

 

Superfamily: Chinchilloidea

Family: Chinchillidae (Chinchillas and Viscachas)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Chinchilla chinchilla	(Lichtenstein, 1829)	Short-tailed chinchilla	(rediscovered)	Chile & Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Chinchilla lanigera	(Molina, 1782)	Long-tailed chinchilla	(rediscovered)	Chile	Rediscovered	Access
Lagostomus crassus	Thomas, 1910	Peruvian chinchilla or vischaca)	subfossil	Peru	Extinct	Access

 

Family: Abrocomidae (Chinchilla Rats)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cuscomys oblativa	Eaton, 1916	Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat	(rediscovered)	Machu Picchu, Peru	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Superfamily: Ctenodactyloidea

Family: Ctenodactylidae (Gundis)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Diatomyidae (Laotian Rock Rat)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Superfamily: Erethizontoidea

Family: Erethizontidae (New World Porcupines)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Chaetomys subspinosus	(Olfers, 1818)	Bristle-spined porcupine,Bristle-spined rat, Thin-spined porcupine	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Coendou vestitus	Thomas, 1899	Brown hairy dwarf porcupine	(rediscovered)	Colombia & Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Sphiggurus pallidus	(Waterhouse, 1848)	Pallid hairy dwarf porcupine	?	South America	Invalid (synonym)	Access

 

 

Superfamily: Octodontoidea

Family: Ctenomyidae (Tuco-tucos)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Ctenomys dorsalis	Thomas, 1900	Chacoan tuco-tuco	1940's	Paraguay	Missing	Access
Ctenomys magellanicus dicki	Osgood, 1943	Dick's tuco tuco	pre-1944	Riesco Island, Chile	Extinct, missing or invalid (synonym)	Access
Ctenomys priscus	Owen, 1840	-	Late Pleistocene?	South America	Extinct	Access
Ctenomys viarapaensis	De Santi et al., 2020		Holocene	Argentina (central)	Extinct	Access

 

Family: Echimyidae (Spiny Rats, Hutias and Coypu)

The hutias have historically been considered a family (Capromyidae), including some recent studies (e.g. Fabre et al., 2017; Upham, 2017; Upham & Borroto-Páez, 2017), but genetic analysis suggests that they are nested within the family Echimyidae as a subfamily (Capromyinae) (Fabre et al., 2014; Courcelle et al., 2019; discussion and pers. comm. on this topic with R. Haslauer, May 2023).

References:

Courcelle, M., Tilak, M. K., Leite, Y. L., Douzery, E. J. and Fabre, P. H. (2019). Digging for the spiny rat and hutia phylogeny using a gene capture approach, with the description of a new mammal subfamily. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 136: 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.03.007

Fabre, P.-H., Upham, N. S., Emmons, L. H., Justy, F., Leite, Y. L. R., Loss, A. C., Orlando, L., Tilak, M.-K., Patterson, B. D. and Douzery, E. J. P. (2017). Mitogenomic Phylogeny, Diversification, and Biogeography of South American Spiny Rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3): 613-633. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw261

Fabre, P-H., Vilstrup, J. T., Raghavan, M., Der Sarkissian, C., Willerslev, E., Douzery, E. J. P. and Orlando, L. (2014). Rodents of the Caribbean: origin and diversification of hutias unravelled by next-generation museomics. Biol. Lett. 10: 20140266. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0266

Upham, Nathan S. (2017). Past and present of insular Caribbean mammals: understanding Holocene extinctions to inform modern biodiversity conservation. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 913-917. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx079

Upham, Nathan S. and Borroto-Páez, Rafael. (2017). Molecular phylogeography of endangered Cuban hutias within the Caribbean radiation of capromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 950-963. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx077

 

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Boromys offella	Miller, 1916	Oriente cave rat, Greater Cuban spiny rat, Larger Cuban spiny rat	Holocene	Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud)	Extinct	Access
Boromys torrei	Allen, 1917	Torre’s cave rat, Small Cuban spiny rat	Holocene	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Brotomys contractus	Miller, 1929	Haitian edible rat, Hispaniola spiny rat, mohuy	Holocene	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Brotomys voratus	Miller, 1916	Hispaniolan edible rat	Between 1536 and 1546	Hispaniola (including La Gonave Island)	Extinct	Access
Capromys antiquus	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	-	?	Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Capromys arredondoi	Varona, 1984	-	?	Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Capromys beatrizae	(Varona & Arredondo, 1979)	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Capromys delicatus	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	Arredondo's dwarf hutia	?	?	Extinct	Access
Capromys garridoi	Varona, 1970	Garrido’s hutia	c.1978	small unnamed islet northwest of Cayo Largo, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Capromys jaumei	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	Jaume's dwarf hutia	?	?	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Capromys kraglievichi	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	Kraglievich's dwarf hutia	?	?	Extinct	Access
Capromys latus	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	Giant hutia, Robust hutia	?	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Capromys minimus	(Varona & Arredondo, 1979)	Eastern dwarf hutia, Mayarí small hutia	?	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Capromys pappus	Varona, 1984	-	?	Isla de la Juventud, Cuba	Invalid	Access
Capromys pilorides lewisi	Morgan et al., 2019	Cayman hutia	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman and Little Cayman)	Extinct	Access
Capromys robustus	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	-	?	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Capromys silvai	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	Silva's dwarf hutia	?	?	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Clyomys riograndensis	Hadler et al., 2008		Holocene	Brazil	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys caymanensis	Morgan et al., 2019	Cayman hutia	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Cayman Brac & Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys columbianus	Chapman, 1892	Cuban coney, Cuban hutia, Cuban short tailed hutia, Columbian hutia	?	Cuba (including Isla de la Juventud)	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys ingrahami abaconis	Lawrence, 1934	Great Abaco hutia, Abaco Island hutia	?	Great Abaco Island, Bahamas	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys ingrahami ingrahami	(J.A. Allen, 1891)	Bahaman hutia, Ingraham's hutia	(rediscovered)	East Plana Keys, Bahamas	Rediscovered	Access
Geocapromys ingrahami irrectus	Lawrence, 1934	Crooked Island hutia, Crooked Island coney	1340 to 1280 cal. BP	Crooked Island, Eleuthera Island & Long Island, Bahamas	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys megas	Varona and Arredondo, 1979	-	Late Pleistocene	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys pleistocenicus	Varona & Arredondo, 1979	-	Holocene	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys thoracatus	True, 1888	Little Swan Island hutia, Swan Island hutia	1955	Little Swan Island, Honduras	Extinct	Access
Geocapromys sp. nov. 'Grand Cayman'	-	-	Holocene?	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean	Invalid	Access
Heteropsomys antillensis	Anthony, 1917	Antillean cave rat, Large Puerto Rican spiny rat	?	Puerto Rico	Extinct or invalid	Access
Heteropsomys insulans	Anthony, 1916	Insular cave rat, Puerto Rican cave rat, Hutia-like Puerto Rican spiny rat	?	Puerto Rico and Vieques Island	Extinct	Access
Hexolobodon phenax	Miller, 1929	Imposter hutia, Hispaniolan hexolobodon, Haitian hexolobodon	After 1500 AD	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Hexolobodon poolei	Rímoli, 1976 "1977"		?	Haiti, Hispaniola	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Hexolobodon sp. nov. 'Haiti'	-	-	?	Haiti, Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Hyperplagiodontia araeum	Ray, 1964	San Rafael hutia	?	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Isolobodon montanus	Miller, 1922	Montane hutia, Hispaniolan narrow-toothed hutia, Narrow-toothed hutia	After 1500 AD	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Isolobodon portoricensis	Allen, 1916	Puerto Rican hutia, Puerto Rican isolobodon, Haitian isolobodn	After 1300 AD	Hispaniola and surrounding islands	Extinct	Access
Isolobodon sp. nov. 'Hispaniola'	-	-	Holocene	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Macrocapromys acevedo	Arredondo, 1958	Acevedo's giant hutia, Acevedo's hutia	subfossil	Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai	(Varona, 1979)	Cabrera's hutia	(rediscovered)	Cuba	Rediscovered	Access
Mesocapromys barbouri	Varona and Arredondo, 1979	-	?	Cuba	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Mesocapromys gracilis	(Varona and Arredondo, 1979)	Gracile small hutia	?	Cuba	Extinct	Access
Mesocapromys nanus	Allen, 1917	Dwarf hutia	1937 (26 October 1951?)	Matanzas Province, Cuba	Extinct	Access
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis	Varona & Garrido, 1970	Little Earth hutia, San Felipe hutia, Little ground hutia	1978	Cayo Juan Garcia, Archipiélago de los Canorreos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba	Missing	Access
Mysateles arboricolus	Kratochvíl, Rodriguez and Barus, 1978	-	?	?	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis	(Varona, 1986)	Isla De La Juventud Tree Hutia, Southern Hutia, Carabalí hutia of the south of the Isla de la Juventud, Sata hutia, Tree hutia, Prehensile-tailed hutia	1978	Isla de la Joventud (= Isle of Pines), Cuba	Missing	Access
Phyllomys unicolor	(Wagner, 1842)	Bahian giant tree rat, Unicolored tree rat	(rediscovered)	Bahia, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Plagiodontia aedium	F. Cuvier, 1836	Cuvier's hutia, Hispaniolan hutia, Hispanolan hutia, Dominican hutia	(rediscovered)	Hispaniola	Rediscovered	Access
Plagiodontia ipnaeum	Johnson, 1948	Samana hutia, Hispaniolan hutia, Zagouti	After 1500 AD	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Plagiodontia spelaeum	Miller, 1929	Cave hutia, Hispaniolan hutia, Least Hispaniolan hutia, Zagouti	c.1750	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Plagiodontia velozi	Rimoli, 1976	-	10,995 ± 190 Cal. yBP	Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Proclinodontomys mordax	(Winge, 1888)		Holocene	Brazil	Missing	Access
Puertoricomys corozalus	Williams & Koopman, 1951	Corozal Cave rat, Old Puerto Rican spiny rat	Late Pleistocene	Puerto Rico	Extinct	Access
Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei	Woods, 1989	Lemke’s hutia	mid-Holocene	Haiti, Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Santamartamys rufodorsalis	(J.A. Allen, 1899)	Red-crested tree rat, Santa Marta Toro	(rediscovered)	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia	Rediscovered	Access
Zagoutomys woodsi	Viñola‑López et al., 2024	-	Late Pleistocene-Holocene border	Haiti, Hispaniola	Extinct	Access

 

Family: †Heptaxodontidae (Giant Hutias) [invalid?]

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Alterodon major	Anthony, 1920	-	Late Pleistocene	Jamaica	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Amblyrhiza inundata	Cope, 1868	Anguilla giant hutia	Late Pleistocene	Anguilla & St. Martin, Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Clidomys osborni	Anthony, 1920	Jamaican giant hutia, Larger Jamaican giant hutia, Osborn's key mouse	Late Pleistocene	Jamaica	Extinct	Access
Clidomys parvus	Anthon, 1920	-	?	Jamaica	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Elasmodontomys obliquus	Anthony, 1916	Plate-toothed mouse, Puerto Rican giant hutia, Puerto Rican plate-toothed giant hutia	After 2,000 BC	Puerto Rico	Extinct	Access
Quemisia gravis	Miller, 1929	Twisted-toothed mouse, Twisted-toothed giant hutia, Hispaniolan quemi	After 1500 AD?	Haiti, Hispaniola	Extinct	Access
Tainotherium valei	Turvey, Grady & Rye, 2006	-	Late Quaternary	Puerto Rico	Extinct	Access
Xaymaca fulvopulvis	MacPhee & Flemming, 2003	-	c. 8,090-9,420 BC	Jamaica	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Octodontidae (Degus and relatives)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Dicolpomys fossor	Winge, 1887	-	Holocene	Argentina & Brazil	Extinct	Access
Octodon pacificus	Hutterer, 1994	Pacific degu, Mocha degu	(rediscovered)	Mocha Island (=Isla Mocha), Arauca Province, Chile	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Superfamily: incertae sedis

Family: Bathyergidae (Blesmols or African Mole-rats)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Hystricidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Hystrix brachyura punungensis	Van Weers, 2003	Punung porcupine	80,000 yBP	Java, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Hystrix brachyura vinogradovi	Argyropulo, 1941	-	ca. 32,000-41,000 cal BP	Altai Mountains	Invalid?	Access
Hystrix kiangsenensis	Wang, 1931	-	Late Pleistocene	China	Invalid?	Access
Hystrix refossa	Gervais, 1852	-	Late Pleistocene	Eurasia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Petromuridae (Dassie Rat)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Thryonomyidae (Cane Rats)

—No subordinate taxa

 

 

Suborder: Myomorpha

Superfamily: Dipodoidea (Jerboas and Jumping Mice)

Family: Dipodidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Sicista armenica	Sokolov & Baskevich, 1988	Armenian birch mouse	(rediscovered)	Armenia	Rediscovered	Access
Sicista trizona	(Frivaldszky, 1865)	Hungarian birch mouse	(rediscovered)	Hungary & Romania	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Superfamily: Muroidea

Family: Calomyscidae (Mouse-like Hamsters)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Cricetidae (True Hamsters, Voles and Lemmings)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Abrawayaomys chebezi	Pardiñas, Teta & D'Elía, 2009	-	(rediscovered)	Argentina	Rediscovered	Access
Aegialomys galapagoensis galapagoensis	Waterhouse, 1839	San Cristobal Island rice rat, Chatham Island rice rat	1835	San Cristobal (=Chatham Island), Galapagos Islands	Rediscovered?	Access
Anotomys leander	Thomas, 1906	Ecuadoran ichthyomyine, Ecuador fish-eating rat, Aquatic rat, Fish-eating rat	(rediscovered)	Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Antillomys rayi	Brace et al. 2015	-	Holocene	Antigua–Barbuda Bank (Antigua & Barbuda) & Guadeloupe Bank (Guadeloupe & Marie Galante), Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Arvicola nahalensis	Maul et al., 2020		Late Pleistocene	Israel	Extinct	Access
Baiomys intermedius	Packard & Alvarez, 1965	-	Late Pleistocene	Mexico	Extinct	Access
Bibimys labiosus	(Winge, 1887)	Brazilian shrew mouse, Large-lipped crimson-nosed rat, Lagoa Santa akodont	(rediscovered)	Atlantic Forest, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Bibimys massoiai	Neves et al., 2020	-	Late Pleistocene	São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí, Brazil	Extinct	Access
Blarinomys breviceps	(Winge, 1887)	Brazilian shrew mouse, Blarinine akodont, Brazilian shrew-mouse	(rediscovered)	Argentina & Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Brucepattersonius talpinus	(Lund, 1840)	-	Late Pleistocene	Minas Gerais, Brazil	Extinct	Access
Cordimus hooijeri	Zijlstra, McFarlane, Van den Hoek Ostende & Lundberg, 2014	-	post-1499	Bonaire, Dutch Antilles	Extinct	Access
"Ekbletomys hypenemus"	Ray, 1962	-	Holocene	Antigua and Barbuda	Invalid?	Access
Gyldenstolpia fronto chacoensis	(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)	Chaco fossorial giant rat	1896	Chaco region, Argentina	Missing	Access
Holochilus lagigliai	Pardinas et al., 2013		1955	Argentina	Missing	Access
Iberomys brecciensis	Giebel, 1874	-	Late Pleistocene	Italy	Extinct	Access
Juscelinomys candango	Moojen, 1965	Candago mouse, Brasilia burrowing mouse	1960 (1990?)	Distrito Federal, Cerrado region, Brasilia, Brazil	Extinct	Access
Lasiopodomys gregaloides	(Hinton, 1923)		Late Pleistocene	Europe	Extinct	Access
Lemmiscus curtatus morphotype '4-closed triangle'	-	-	Late Rancholabrean	Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Washington, USA	Extinct	Access
Lundomys molitor	(Winge, 1887)	Lund's amphibious rat, Greater marsh rat	(rediscovered)	Brazil & Uruguay	Rediscovered	Access
Megalomys audreyae	Hopwood, 1926	Barbuda giant rice rat, Barbuda musk(-)rat	Late Quaternary	Barbuda, West Indies	Extinct	Access
Megalomys camerhogne	Mistretta et al., 2021		Holocene	Grenada	Extinct	Access
"Megalomys" curazensis	Hooijer, 1959	-	Late Pleistocene	Curaçao, Venezuela	Extinct	Access
Megalomys desmarestii	Fischer, 1829	Martinique muskrat, Antillean giant rice rat, Desmarest’s pilorie, Martinique rice rat, Martinique giant rice rat, pilorie	c. 1897?; 1902	Martinique, Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Megalomys georginae	Turvey, Brace & Weksler, 2012	-	Holocene	Barbados	Extinct	Access
Megalomys luciae	Forsyth Major, 1901	Santa Lucian pilorie, Santa Lucia giant rice rat, St Lucia musk rat	pre-1881 (1852?)	Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Megaoryzomys curioi	Niethammer, 1964	Galapagos giant rat	Late Quaternary	Santa Cruz, Galapágos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Megaoryzomys sp. nov. 'Isabela'	-	Isabela giant rice rat	subfossil	Isabela, Galapágos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Melanomys zunigae	Sanborn, 1949	Zuniga’s dark rice rat, Zuniga’s melanomys	1949	Lima Department, Peru	Missing	Access
Mesocricetus auratus	(Waterhouse, 1839)	Golden hamster	(rediscovered)	Syria & Turkey	Rediscovered	Access
Mesocricetus rathgeberi	Pieper, 1984	Armathia hamster	subfossil	Armathia Island, Greece	Extinct	Access
Microakodontomys transitorius	Hershkovitz, 1993	Transitional colilargo	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Microtus bavaricus	(König, 1962)	Bavarian pine vole, Bavarian vole	(rediscovered)	Austria & Germany	Rediscovered	Access
Microtus brandtioides	Young (year?)	-	?	China & Japan	Extinct	Access
Microtus californicus aequivocatus	Osgood, 1928	-	1953	California, USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus californicus grinnelli	Huey, 1931	-	(rediscovered)	California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Microtus californicus huperuthrus	Elliot, 1903	-	(rediscovered)	California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Microtus californicus scirpensis	Bailey, 1900	Amargosa vole	(rediscovered)	California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Microtus epiratticepoides	Kawamura, 1988	-	Late Pleistocene	Kyushu, Japan	Extinct	Access
Microtus hibbardi	Holman, 1959	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus ilaeus ssp. nov. 'Europe'	-		Late Pleistocene	Bulgaria & Ukraine	Extinct	Access
Microtus melitensis	Bate, 1920	Maltese vole	Late Pleistocene (Holocene?)	Malta	Extinct	Access
Microtus miguelensis	Guthrie, 1998	San Miguel Island vole	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	San Miguel Island, Channel Islands, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus montanus nevadensis	Bailey, 1898	Ash Meadows (montane) vole, Amargosa vole	1933 (21 May or later)	Ash Meadows, Nevada, USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus ochrogaster ludovicianus	Bailey, 1900	Louisiana vole	1905	Louisiana (southwestern) & Texas (southeastern), USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus parmaleei	Martin et al. 2011	-	12,510 + 80 14C years BP	Sand Creek, Meade County, Kansas, USA	Extinct	Access
Microtus pennsylvanicus chihuahuensis	Bradley & Cockrum, 1968	-	1988	Ojo Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus	Bailey, 1898	Gull Island vole, Gull Islands vole	1897	Gull Island, New York, USA	Extinct	Access
Mimomys chandolensis	Tiunov, Golenishchev and Voyta, 2016	-	Late Pleistocene	Russian Far East	Extinct	Access
Mimomys pyrenaicus	Jeannet & Mourre, 2013	-	Late Pleistocene	Pyrénées, France	Extinct	Access
Mimomys salpetrierensis	Chaline, 1980	-	c.14,000 BP	France	Extinct	Access
Necromys conifer	Ameghino, 1889	-	?	Argentina?	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Neotoma anthonyi	Allen, 1898	Anthony’s wood-rat	1910 or 1926	Isla Todos Santos, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Neotoma bryanti bunkeri	Burt, 1932	Bunkers woodrat, Bunker's woodrat, Coronados Island woodrat	1931 or 1932	Coronados Islands, Baja California Sur, Mexico	Extinct or invalid	Access
Neotoma findleyi	Harris, 1984	Findley's woodrat, Findley's pack rat	Late Pleistocene	Mexico	Extinct	Access
Neotoma lepida insularis	Townsend, 1912	Ángel de Guardia woodrat	?	Ángel de la Guardia Island, Gulf of California, Baja California, México	Extinct	Access
Neotoma martinensis	Goldman, 1905	San Martin Island wood-rat	1950's (1963?)	San Martin	Extinct	Access
Neotoma pygmaea	Harris, 1984	Pygmy woodrat, Pygmy pack rat	Late Pleistocene	Mexico	Extinct	Access
Neotoma varia	Burt, 1932	Turner Island woodrat, Datil Island woodrat	(rediscovered)	Datil Island (=Turner Island), Sonora, Mexico	Rediscovered	Access
Nesoryzomys darwini	Osgood, 1929	Darwin’s Galápagos mouse, Darwin's rice rat, Darwin’s nesoryzomys	1930	Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Nesoryzomys indefessus indefessus	Thomas, 1899	Indefatigable Galápagos mouse, Santa Cruz nesoryzomys, Indefatigable rice rat	1934	Baltra (=Seymour) & Santa Cruz (=Indefatigable), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Nesoryzomys fernandinae	Hutterer and Hirsch, 1979	Fernandina nesoryzomys, Fernandina rice rat, Fernandina Galápagos mouse	(rediscovered)	Fernandina, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Nesoryzomys swarthi	Orr, 1938	Santiago Galápagos mouse	(rediscovered)	Santiago, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Nesoryzomys sp. nov. ‘Isabela’ #1	-	-	Holocene	Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Nesoryzomys sp. nov. ‘Isabela’ #2	-	-	Holocene	Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Nesoryzomys sp. nov. ‘Rábida’	-	-	Holocene	Rábida, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Extinct	Access
Oecomys cleberi	Locks, 1981	Cleber's arboreal rice rat, Cleber's oecomys	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Oligoryzomys victus	Thomas, 1898	St. Vincent pygmy rice rat, St. Vincent colilargo, St Vincent rice rat, Pygmy rice rat	1892 or before	St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Ondatra zibethicus floridanus	Lawrence, 1941	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Oryzomys antillarum	Thomas, 1898	Jamaican rice rat	1877	Jamaica	Extinct	Access
Oryzomys curasoae	McFarlane & Debrot, 2001	Curaçao rice rat	post-1499	Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles	Extinct	Access
Oryzomys gorgasi	Hershkowitz, 1971	-	(rediscovered)	Colombia & Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Oryzomys nelsoni	Merriam, 1898	Nelson’s rice rat, Tres Marias Island rice rat	13 May 1897 or later	María Madre Island, Nayarit State, México	Extinct	Access
Oryzomys peninsulae	Thomas, 1897	Lower Californian rice rat	23 May 1896 or later	Baja California, Mexico & California, USA	Extinct	Access
Pennatomys nivalis	Turvey, Weksler, Morris & Nokkert, 2010	Nevis rice rat, St. Eustatius rice rat, St. Kitts rice rat	Holocene	Netherlands Antilles & Saint Kitts and Nevis	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus anyapahensis	White, 1966	Anacapa deer mouse	Late Pleistocene	West Anacapa Island, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus gossypinus anastasae	Bangs, 1898	Anastasia Island cotton mouse	c.mid-1970's	Amelia Island & Anastasia Island, Florida & Cumberland Island & Little Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus	Howell, 1939	Chadwick Beach deer mouse	1938?	Charlotte & Sarasota Counties, Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus guardia guardia	Townsend, 1912	Angel de la Guarda deer mouse, Angel Island mouse	1991	Ángel de la Guarda Island, Gulf of California, México	Missing	Access
Peromyscus guardia harbinsoni	Banks, 1967	Granitos deer mouse	1963?	Granito Island, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus guardia mejiae	Burt, 1932	Mejía deer mouse	1960's or later	Mejía Island, Gulf of California, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus guardia ssp. nov. 'Estanque Island'	-	Estanque deer mouse	1998	Estanque Island, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus maniculatus cineritius	Allen, 1898	San Roque white-footed mouse	?	San Roque Island, Baja California, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus mekisturus	Merriam, 1898	Puebla deer mouse	1948	Puebla (south-east), México	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus nesodytes	Wilson, 1936	Giant deer mouse	2000yBP	Santa Rosa Island & San Miguel Island, Channel Islands, southern California, USA	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus pembertoni	Burt, 1932	Pemberton’s deer mouse, San Pedro Nolasco deer mouse, Nolasco deer mouse	26 December 1931	San Pedro Nolasco Island, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus	Howell, 1939	Pallid beach mouse, Ponce de Leon Beach deer mouse, Southeastern beach mouse	1946 (1959?)	Flagler & Volusia Counties, Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Peromyscus slevini	Mailliard, 1924	Catalina deer mouse, Slevin's mouse, Slevins's mouse	?	Santa Catalina Island, México	Extinct	Access
Phaenomys ferrugineus	(Thomas, 1894)	Rio De Janeiro arboreal rat, Rio de Janeiro rice rat	(rediscovered)	Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo states, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Pliomys lenki	(Heller, 1930)		Late Pleistocene	Europe (incl. France, Italy & Spain)	Extinct	Access
Podoxymys roraimae	Anthony, 1929	Roraima mouse	(rediscovered)	Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudoryzomys simplex	(Winge, 1888)	Brazilian false rice rat, False oryzomys	(rediscovered)	South America	Rediscovered	Access
Reithrodontomys megalotis distichlis	von Bloeker, 1937	Salinas harvest mouse	?	Monterey County, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Rhagomys rufescens	(Thomas, 1886)	Brazilian arboreal mouse	(rediscovered)	Atlantic Forest, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Rhipidomys ochrogaster	J.A. Allen, 1901	Yellow-bellied climbing mouse	(rediscovered)	Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Sigmodon arizonae arizonae	Mearns, 1890	Arizona cotton rat	?	Arizona, USA	Extinct	Access
Sigmodon arizonae jacksoni	Goldman, 1918	Yavapai cotton rat	?	Arizona, USA	Extinct	Access
Sigmodon fulviventer goldmani	Bailey, 1913	Hot Springs cotton rat	?	Sierra County, New Mexico, USA	Extinct	Access
Synaptomys australis	Simpson, 1928	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Synaptomys cooperi paludis	Hibbard & Rinker, 1942	Kansas bog lemming	1942	Kansas, USA	Extinct	Access
Synaptomys cooperi relictus	Jones, 1958	Southern bog lemming, Relict bog lemming, Nebraska bog lemming	1956	Dundy County, Nebraska	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Tylomys bullaris	Merriam, 1901	Chiapan climbing rat	1968	Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Tylomys panamensis	Gray, 1873	Panamá climbing rat, Panamanian climbing rat	1950's	Panamá	Extinct	Access
Tylomys tumbalensis	Merriam, 1901	Tumbalá climbing rat, Tumbala climbing rat	1968	Tumbalá, Chiapas state, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Tyrrhenicola henseli	Major, 1882	Tyrrhenian vole	c.1 BC/AD	Sardinia, Italy	Extinct	Access
Zygodontomys sp. nov. 'Carriacou'	-	-	Holocene	Carriacou	Extinct	Access
Zygodontomys sp. nov. 'Grenada'	-	-	Holocene	Grenada	Extinct	Access
Oryzomyini sp. nov. 'Anguilla Bank islands'	-	-	Holocene?	Anguilla & St. Martin	Extinct	Access
Oryzomyini sp. nov. 'Grenada'	-	-	Holocene	Grenada	Extinct	Access
Oryzomyini sp. nov. 'Montserrat' #1	-	-	Holocene	Montserrat	Extinct	Access
Oryzomyini sp. nov. 'Montserrat' #2	-	-	Holocene	Montserrat	Extinct	Access
Oryzomyini sp. nov. 'Saba'	-	-	Holocene?	Saba, Netherlands Antilles	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Muridae (True Rats, True Mice and Gerbils)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Abditomys latidens	Sanborn, 1952	Luzon broad-toothed rat	1970's (in or before 1973)	Luzon, Philippines	Missing	Access
Acomys nesiotes	Bate, 1903	Cyprus spiny mouse	(rediscovered)	Cyprus	Rediscovered	Access
Alormys aplini	Louys et al., 2018	Alor giant rat	Holocene	Alor island, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Apodemus sp. nov. 'Greece'	-	-	Late Pleistocene	Greece	Extinct	Access
Apomys sacobianus	Johnson, 1962	Long-nosed Luzon apomys, Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse	(rediscovered)	Luzon, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Batomys cagayanensis	Ochoa et al., 2021		ca. 67,000 BP	Philippines	Extinct	Access
Canariomys bravoi	Crusafont & Petter, 1964	Tenerife giant rat	206 to 410 BC	Tenerife, Canary Islands, North Africa	Extinct	Access
Canariomys tamarani	Lopez-Martinez & Lopez-Jurado, 1987	Gran Canaria giant rat	Holocene	Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa	Extinct	Access
Carpomys dakal	Ochoa et al., 2021		late Holocene	Philippines	Extinct	Access
Carpomys melanurus	Thomas, 1895 (1898?)	Greater dwarf cloud rat, Large Luzon carpomys, Short-footed Luzon tree rat	(rediscovered)	Luzon, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Conilurus albipes	(Lichtenstein, 1829)	White-footed rabbit-rat, White-footed tree-rat, White-footed hapalotis, White-footed jerboa-rat, White-footed jerboa rat	Late 1800's	South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales & Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Conilurus capricornensis	Cramb & Hocknull, 2010	Capricorn rabbit(-)rat	Holocene	Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Coryphomys buehleri	Schaub, 1937	Buehler’s giant rat, Buhler’s coryphomys, Buhler's rat	subfossil	Timor Island, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Coryphomys musseri	Aplin & Helgen, 2010	Timor giant rat	subfossil	Timor Island, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Crateromys australis	Musser, Heaney & Rabor, 1985	Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat, Dinagat hairy-tailed cloud rat, Dinagat crateromys, Dinagat Island cloud rat	(rediscovered)	Dinagat Island, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Crateromys ballik	Ochoa et al., 2021		late Holocene	Philippines	Extinct	Access
Crateromys paulus	Musser & Gordon, 1981	Ilin Island cloudrunner, Ilin crateromys, Ilin bushy-tailed cloud rat, Ilin hairy-tailed cloud rat	4 April 1953	Ilin Island, Philippines	Missing	Access
Cremnomys elvira	(Ellerman, 1946)	Large rock-rat, Elvira rat	(rediscovered)	Kurumbapatti, Salem District, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India	Rediscovered	Access
Crunomys celebensis	Musser, 1982	Sulawesi shrew mouse, Celebes shrew rat	(rediscovered)	Sulawesi (=Celebes), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Golunda dulamensis	Kotlia & Sanwal, 2020		Late Pleistocene	India	Extinct	Access
Grammomys gigas	(Dollman, 1911)	Giant thicket rat	28 December 1910	Mount Kenya, Kenya	Missing	Access
Halmaheramys bellwoodi	Aplin et al., 2023	Bellwood's halmaheramys rat	terminal Pleistocene to mid-Holocene	Morotai Island, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Halmaheramys funderus	Aplin et al., 2023	Fused halmaheramys rat	terminal Pleistocene to mid-Holocene	Morotai Island, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Hybomys basilii	Eisentraut, 1965	Father Basilio's striped mouse, Bioko hybomys	1965	Bioko, Equatorial Guinea	Missing	Access
Hylomyscus grandis	Eisentraut, 1969	Mt Oku hylomyscus	(relocated)	Lake Oku, Mount Oku (upper slopes), Banso Highlands, Cameroon	Relocated	Access
Kritimys kiridus	Bate, 1942		Late Pleistocene	Greece	Extinct	Access
Lawomys rokusi	Veatch et al., 2023	-	Holocene	Flores, Indonesia	Missing	Access
Leggadina irvini	Cramb, Price & Hocknull, 2018	-	Late Pleistocene	Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Leimacomys buettneri	Matschie, 1893	Groove-toothed forest mouse, Yefuli	1890	Bismarckburg, Togo (central)	Missing	Access
Lenomys grovesi	Musser, 2015	Groves's Sulawesi giant rat	2820 ± 210 BP	Sulawesi, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Leopoldamys minutus	(Chaimanee 1998)		Late Pleistocene	Malaysia & Thailand	Extinct	Access
Leporillus apicalis	Gould, 1853	Lesser stick-nest rat, White-tipped stick-nest rat, White-tailed stick-nest rat, White-tipped hapalotis, White-tipped house-building rat, White-tailed house-building rat, White-tipped tree-rat, White-tipped jerboa-rat, Tillikin, Djooyalpi	1933 (July?)	New South Wales (prehistoric), Northern Territory, South Australia & Western Australia (prehistoric?), Australia	Extinct	Access
Leptomys signatus	Tate & Archbold, 1938	Fly River leptomys, Fly River water rat	(rediscovered)	Papua New Guinea, New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access
Lophiomys imhausi maremortum	Lazagabaster et al., 2021	Dead Sea crested rat	∼42 to ∼112 ka	Judean Desert	Extinct	Access
Malpaisomys insularis	Hutterer, Lopez-Martinez & Michaux, 1988	Canarian lava fields mouse, Lava mouse	late 1300's	Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, North Africa	Extinct	Access
Mastacomys fuscus mordicus	Thomas, 1922	Broad-toothed mouse, Broad-toothed rat, Broad-toothed mastacomys	(rediscovered)	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia (fossil) & Victoria, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Mastacomys wombeyensis	Ride, 1956	-	?	New South Wales, Australia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Melomys fraterculus	Thomas, 1920	Manusela mosaic-tailed rat, Manusela melomys	January 1920	Seram island (=Ceram), Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Melomys rubicola	Thomas, 1924	Bramble Cay melomys, Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat	2009	Bramble Cay (=Maizab Kaur =Massaramcoer =Baramaki) (& Long Island?), Torres Strait, Australia	Extinct	Access
Melomys spechti	Flannery & Wickler, 1990	Buka mosaic-tailed rat	>5,900 BC	Buka Island, Solomon Islands	Extinct	Access
Melomys sp. nov. #1	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
Melomys sp. nov. #2	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
Meriones malatestai	Kotsakis & Burgio (year?)	Lampedusa gerbil	Late Pleistocene	Lampedusa, Pelagie Islands, Italy	Invalid (Nomen nudum)?	Access
Milimonggamys juliae	Turvey et al., 2017	-	?	Sumba, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Mus imberbis	Rüppell, 1842	Ethiopian striped mouse, Striped-back mouse	(rediscovered)	Ethiopia	Rediscovered	Access
Mus minotaurus	Bate, 1942	Bate's large mouse	Late Pleistocene (Holocene?)	Crete, Greece	Extinct	Access
Mus musculus muralis	Barrett-Hamilton, 1899	St. Kilda house mouse	August 1931	St Kilda archipelago	Extinct	Access
Mus nitidulus	Blyth, 1859		(rediscovered)	Myanmar (=Burma)	Rediscovered	Access
Mus sp. nov. 'Greece'	-	-	?	Greece	Extinct	Access
Mylomys rex	(Thomas, 1906)	Ethiopian mylomys	30 May 1905	Kaffa, Charada Forest, Ethiopia	Extinct	Access
Nesokia bunnii	(Khajuria 1981)	Long-tailed nesokia rat	(rediscovered)	Iraq (southern)	Rediscovered	Access
Nesoromys ceramicus	Thomas, 1920	Seram Island mountain rat, Ceram rat	(rediscovered)	Seram (=Ceram), Maluku Islands (=Moluccas), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Nilopegamys plumbeus	Osgood, 1928	Ethiopian amphibious rat, Ethiopian water mouse	1927	Gojjam, Ethiopia	Extinct	Access
Niviventer sp. nov. 'Japan'	-	-	Late Pleistocene	Ishigaki and Yonaguni Islands, Southwestern Japan	Extinct	Access
Noronhomys vespuccii	Carelton & Olson, 1999	Vespucci’s rodent, Vespucci's rat	Late Quaternary (1503?)	Fernando de Noronha, Brazil	Extinct	Access
Notomys amplus	Brazenor, 1936	Short-tailed hopping mouse, Large-desert hopping mouse, Arruja?	1896	South Australia & Northern Territory, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys longicaudatus	Gould, 1844	Long-tailed hopping mouse, Long-tailed jerboa-rat, kor-tung, gool-a-wa	1901 or 1902	New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys macrotis	Thomas, 1921	Big-eared hopping-mouse, Big-eared western hopping-mouse, Large-eared hopping-mouse, noompa, bolong, bu-long, mar-do, bat-tong	9 July 1843 or later	Moore River region, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys magnus	Vakil et al., 2023	Large hopping-mouse	c.8.5 ka	Broken River Region, northeastern Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys mordax	Thomas, 1922	Darling Downs hopping mouse	1846 or before	New South Wales (inferred) and Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys robustus	Mahoney, Smith and Medlin, 2007	Broad-cheeked hopping mouse, Great hopping mouse, Great hopping-mouse	Holocene (between 1850-1900?)	South Australia (Flinders Ranges & Davenport Range), Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys sp. nov. 'Kimberley #1'	-	-	Holocene	Kimberley region, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Notomys sp. nov. 'Kimberley #2'	-	-	Holocene	Kimberley region, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Otomys cheesmani	Taylor et al., 2011	Cheesman's vlei rat	1968	Ethiopia	Missing	Access
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni	Musser, 1981	Verhoeven’s giant tree rat	Holocene	Flores, Indonesia	Missing	Access
Paulamys naso	(Musser, 1981)	Flores long-nosed rat, Paula's long-nosed rat	(rediscovered)	Flores, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Pogonomelomys sp. nov. 'Ayamaru'	-	-	Holocene	Ayamaru region, Irian Jaya	Extinct	Access
Pseudomys auritus	Thomas, 1910	Long-eared mouse, Long-eared pseudo-rat	Holocene (c.1850?)	South Australia & Victoria, Australia	Extinct	Access
Pseudomys basalticus	Fraser & Wells, 2006	Basalt plains mouse	Holocene	Victoria, Australia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pseudomys fieldi	(Waite, 1896)	Field's false-mouse, Shaggy mouse, Shaggy-haired mouse, Alice Springs mouse, Djoongari	(rediscovered)	Northern Territory, South Australia & Western Australia, Australia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pseudomys glaucus	Thomas, 1910	Blue-grey mouse, Blue-gray mouse	1965	New South Wales and Queensland, Australia	Missing	Access
Pseudomys gouldii	Waterhouse, 1839	Gould’s mouse, Gould's eastern mouse, Gould's pseudomys, Gould's native mouse, Gould's false-mouse, Gould's rat, South Australian rat, Kurn-dyne	1856-57 ("about 1930"?)	New South Wales, South Australia & Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudomys higginsi australiensis	Wakefield, 1972	-	Late Pleistocene	Victoria, Australia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pseudomys novaehollandiae	Waterhouse, 1843	Pookila, New Holland mouse, New Holland false-mouse, New Holland field mouse, Waterhouse's mouse	(rediscovered)	New South Wales, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudomys oralis	Thomas, 1921	Hastings River mouse, Hastings River rat	(rediscovered)	Queensland, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudomys shortridgei	(Thomas, 1907)	Heath mouse	(rediscovered)	Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Pseudomys sp. nov. 'Darling Downs'	-	Darling Downs mouse	Late Pleistocene	Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
Pseudomys sp. nov. 'Kimberley'	-	-	Holocene?	Kimberley region, northern Australia	Extinct	Access
Raksasamys tikusbesar	Turvey et al., 2017	-	?	Sumba, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus adustus	Sody, 1940	Burnished Enggano rat, Sunburned rat	1936	Enggano island (=Pulau Enggano), West Sumatra, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus blangorum	Miller, 1942	Aceh rat	pre-1943	Aceh, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus bontanus	Thomas, 1921	Bonthain rat, Southwestern xanthurus rat	?	Sulawesi, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus culmorum austrinus	Thomas, 1921	South Australian spiny-haired rat	1841 or before	Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Rattus enganus	Miller, 1906	Enggano (Island) rat	4 December 1904	Enggano island, southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus giluwensis	Hill, 1960	Giluwe rat	(rediscovered)	Papua New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access
Rattus koopmani	Musser & Holden, 1991	Koopman's (Peleng Island) rat	1938	Pulau Peleng, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus macleari	Thomas, 1887	Maclear’s rat, Captain Maclear's rat	1902	Christmas Island, Australia	Extinct	Access
Rattus miyakoensis	Kawaguchi et al., 2009	-	Late Pleistocene	Miyako Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan	Extinct	Access
Rattus nativitatis	Thomas, 1889	Bulldog rat, Christmas Island (burrowing) rat	1897/1898	Christmas Island, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Rattus pelurus	Sody, 1941	Peleng (Island xanthurus) rat	1938	Peleng Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus salocco	Tate & Archbold, 1935	Southeastern xanthurus rat	6 January 1932	Sulawesi, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Rattus sanila	(Flannery & White, 1991)	New Ireland forest rat	Holocene	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea	Extinct	Access
Rattus sp. nov. 'Manus Island'	-	-	?	Manus Island, New Guinea	Extinct	Access
Rattus sp. nov. 'Timor'	-	-	subfossil	Timor	Extinct	Access
†Rhagamys orthodon	Hensel, 1856	Tyrrhenian field rat, Hensel's field mouse	subfossil	Corsica & Sardinia	Extinct	Access
Rhynchomys isarogensis	Musser & Freeman, 1981	Isarog rhynchomys, Isarog shrew rat, Isarog shrew-rat, Mt Isarog shrew-rat	(rediscovered)	Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Solomys salamonis	(Ramsay, 1882)	Ugi giant rat, Ugi naked-tailed rat, Florida giant rat, Florida naked-tailed rat, Florida rat	1881	Ugi Island (not Florida Island), Solomon Islands	Extinct	Access
Solomys spriggsarum	Flannery & Wickler, 1990	Buka naked-tailed rat	After 4,700 BC	Buka Island, Solomon Islands	Extinct	Access
Solomys sp. nov. 'Malaita'	-	-	c.1900?	Malaita, Solomon Islands	Missing	Access
Sommeromys macrorhinos	Musser & Durden, 2002	Sommer’s Sulawesi rat	(rediscovered)	Sulawesi (=Celebes), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Spelaeomys florensis	Hooijer, 1957	Flores cave rat, Flores Island spelaeomys	?	Flores, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Thallomys shortridgei	Thomas & Hinton, 1923	Shortridge's rat, Shortrige's rat, Shortridge’s acacia rat, Shortridge’s thallomys	1922	Northern Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Tokudaia muenninki	(Johnson, 1946)	Okinawa spiny rat, Muennink's spiny rat	(rediscovered)	Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Uromys boeadii	Groves & Flannery, 1994	Biak giant rat, Biak Island uromys	1963	Biak (& Supiori?), Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Uromys emmae	Groves & Flannery, 1994	Emma’s giant(-)rat, Emma's uromys	pre-1995	Owi Island (=Pulau Awai), Schouten Group, Papua Province (=Irian Jaya), Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Uromys imperator	Thomas, 1888	Emperor rat, Emperor uromys	1886-1888 (collected); pre-c.1960 (sightings by locals)	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Extinct	Access
Uromys porculus	Thomas, 1904	Guadalcanal rat, Guadalcanal uromys, Little pig	"presumably between 1886 and 1888"	Aola, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Extinct	Access
Uromys rex	(Thomas, 1888)	King rat	(rediscovered)	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Uromys siebersi	Thomas, 1923	Kai Besar rat, Great Key Island uromys	1923 or before?	Kai Besar island, Kai Islands, Indonesia	Extinct	Access
Zyzomys pedunculatus	(Waite, 1896)	Central rock rat, MacDonnell Range rock-rat, Central thick-tailed rock-rat, Central thick-tailed rat, Waite's rock-rat	(rediscovered)	Northern Territory, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Zyzomys sp. nov. 'Queensland'	-	-	c.8.5ka	eastern and northern Queensland, Australia	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #1	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #2	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #3	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #4	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #5	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #6	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURIDAE sp. nov. #7	-	-	?	Timor	Extinct	Access
MURINAE sp. nov. 'Minori'	-	Minori giant cloud rat	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Luzon, Philippines	Extinct	Access
MURINAE sp. nov. 'Musang'	-	Musang giant cloud rat	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Luzon, Philippines	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Nesomyidae (Malagasy Mice and Rats and African Climbing Mice)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis	Mein et al. 2010	Mahajamba Bay antsangy	Holocene	Madagascar	Extinct	Access
Brachytarsomys villosa	F. Petter, 1962	Hairy-tailed tree rat	(rediscovered)	Madagascar	Rediscovered	Access
Dendromus kahuziensis	Dieterlen, 1969	Mount Kahuzi African climbing mouse, Mt. Kahuzi climbing mouse	21 January 1972?	Democratic Republic of Congo	Missing	Access
Dendromus vernayi	Hill & Carter, 1937	Vernay's climbing mouse	1937	Angola	Missing	Access
Hypogeomys australis	Grandidier, 1903	Southern giant jumping rat	c.4,400 BP	Madagascar	Extinct	Access
Nesomys narindaensis	Mein et. al., 2010	Narinda mouse	Holocene	Madagascar	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Platacanthomyidae (Spiny Dormice and Chinese Pygmy Dormice)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Spalacidae (Blind Mole-rats and Bamboo rats)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Spalax istricus	Méhely, 1909	Oltenia blind mole-rat	1983	Romania	Missing	Access

 

 

 

Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Family: Aplodontiidae (Mountain Beaver)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels, Chipmunks, Marmots, Flying Squirrels etc.)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Biswamoyopterus biswasi	Saha, 1981	Namdapha flying squirrel, Biswas' flying squirrel	1981	Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India	Missing or rediscovered	Access
Eupetaurus cinereus	Thomas, 1888	Wolly flying squirrel, Wooly flying squirrel, Giant woolly gliding squirrel	(rediscovered)	Kashmir, Pakistan	Rediscovered	Access
Eutamias atristriatus	Bailey, 1913	Penasco least chipmunk	2000	New Mexico, USA	Missing, USA	Access
Funisciurus duchaillui	Sanborn, 1953	Du Chaillu's rope squirrel	(rediscovered)	Gabon	Rediscovered	Access
Marmota caligata sheldoni	Howell, 1914	Montague Island hoary marmot	July 1908 (May 1978?)	Montague Island, Alaska, USA	Extinct	Access
Petaurillus emiliae	Thomas, 1908	Emilia's dwarf flying squirrel, Lesser pygmy flying squirrel	(rediscovered)	Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo	Rediscovered or invalid (synonym)	Access
Petaurista tetyukhensis	Tiunov & Gimranov, 2019	-	c.30ka	Russian Far East	Extinct	Access
Petinomys fuscocapillus	(Jerdon, 1847)	-	(rediscovered)	India & Sri Lanka	Rediscovered	Access
Ratufa indica dealbata	Blanford, 1897	Giant dang squirrel, Dangs giant squirrel	?	Gujarat, India	Missing	Access
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus alleni	Merriam, 1898	Allen's thirteen-lined ground squirrel	?	Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, USA	Extinct	Access
Tamias umbrinus nevadensis	Burt, 1931	Hidden Forest chipmunk, Southern Nevada chipmunk	pre-1960	Hidden Forest, Sheep Mountains, Clark County, Nevada, USA	Missing	Access
Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis	(J. A. Allen, 1894)	Mount Graham red squirrel	(rediscovered)	Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona	Rediscovered	Access
Urocitellus kimballensis	Kent, 1967	Kimball ground squirrel	Late Pleistocene	Nebraska, USA	Extinct or invalid (synonym)	Access

 

 

Family: Gliridae (Dormice)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Eliomys mahonensis	Bate, 1918	Minorcan giant dormouse, Menorcan giant dormouse	Late Pleistocene	Minorca (=Menorca), Spain	Extinct	Access
Eliomys morpheus	Bate, 1918	Majorcan giant dormouse	5890 ± 35 yBP (4840-4690 cal. BC)	Mallorca & Majorca, Spain	Extinct	Access
Eliomys wiedincitensis	Zammit Maempel & de Bruijn, 1982	Maltese giant dormouse	subfossil	Malta	Extinct	Access
Leithia melitensis	Adams, 1863	-	Late Pleistocene	Sicily, Italy	Extinct	Access
Muscardinus malatestai	Gliozzi, 1995	-	Late Pleistocene	Italy	Extinct	Access

 

 

Rodentia incertae sedis

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
?Rodentia gen. et sp. nov. 'Jamaica'	-	-	?	Jamaica	Extinct	Access

 

 

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