Post by surroundx on Jun 11, 2011 10:49:24 GMT
The following is a preliminary list of all taxa of rodents which I believe have become extinct within the last 10,000 years, or are potentially so.
Aegialomys galapagoensis galapagoensis (San Cristobal Island Rice Rat)
Alterodon major (?)
Amblyrhiza inundata (Anguilla Giant Hutia)
Boromys offella (Oriente Cave Rat)
Boromys torrei (Torre’s Cave Rat)
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis (?)
Brotomys contractus (Haitian Edible Rat)
Brotomys voratus (Hispaniolan Edible Rat)
Canariomys bravoi (?)
Canariomys tamarani (Canary Islands Giant Rat)
Chaetodipus baileyi fornicatus (Bailey's Pocket Mouse)
Clidomys osborni (Jamaican Giant Hutia)
Clidomys parvus (?)
Conilurus albipes (White-footed Rabbit-rat)
Coryphomys buehleri (Buehler’s Giant Rat)
Coryphomus musseri (Timor Giant Rat)
Crateromys australis (Dinagat Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat)
Crateromys paulus (Ilin Island Cloudrunner)
Ctenomys magellanicus dicki (Dick's/Riesco Tuco Tuco)
Cuscomys oblativa (Machu Picchu Chinchilla Rat)
Dipodomys heermanni berkeleyensis (Berkeley's Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys heermanni morroensis (Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys gravipes (San Quintin Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys microps alfredi (Gunnison Island Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys nitratoides exilis (Fresno Kangaroo Rat)
Elasmodontomys obliquus (?)
Eliomys (Hypnomys) mahonensis (Minorcan Giant Doormouse)
Eliomys (Hypnomys) morphaeus (Majorcan Giant Doormouse)
Eliomys (Maltamys) wiedincitensis (Maltese Giant Doormouse)
Eutamias minimus atristriatus (Penasco Chipmunk)
Geocapromys columbianus (Cuban Hutia/Coney)
Geocapromys ingrahami abaconis (Great Abaco Hutia)
Geocapromys ingrahami irrectus (Crooked Island Hutia)
Geocapromys thoracatus (Little Swan Island Hutia)
Geocapromys sp. nov. (Cayman Brac Hutia)
Geomys pinetis cumberlandius (Cumberland Island Pocket Gopher)
Geomys pinetis fontanelus (Sherman's Pocket Gopher)
Geomys pinetis goffi (Goff’s South-eastern Pocket Gopher)
Heteropsomys antillensis (Antillean Cave Rat)
Heteropsomys insulans (Insular Cave Rat)
Hexolobodon phenax (Imposter Hutia)
Hystrix brachyura punungensis (?)
Isolobodon montanus (Montane Hutia)
Isolobodon portoricensis (Puerto Rican Hutia)
Juscelinomys candango (Candago Mouse)
Juscelinomys talpinus (?)
Lagostomus crassus (Peruvian Chinchilla/Vischaca)
Leporillus apicalis (Lesser Stick-nest Rat)
Macrocapromys acevedo (Acevedo's Giant Hutia)
Macrocopromys latus (Giant Hutia)
Malpaisomys insularis (Canarian Lava Fields Mouse)
Marmota caligata sheldoni (Montague Island Hoary Marmot)
Megalomys audreyae (Barbuda Giant Rice-rat)
Megalomys desmarestii (Desmarest’s Pilorie)
Megalomys luciae (Santa Lucian Pilorie)
Megalomys sp. nov. (?)
Megaoryzomys curioi (Galapagos Giant Rat)
Megaoryzomys sp. nov. (?)
Melanomys zunigae (Zuniga’s Dark Rice Rat)
Melomys fraterculus (Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat)
Melomys spechti (Buka Mosaic-tailed Rat)
Melomys sp. nov. #1 (?)
Melomys sp. nov. #2 (?)
Mesocapromys delicatus (Arredondo's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys gracilis (Western Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys jaumei (Jaume's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys kraglievichi (Kraglievich's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys minimus (Eastern Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys nanus (Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Little Earth Hutia)
Mesocapromys silvai (Silva's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocricetus rathgeberi (?)
Microtus montanus nevadensis (Amargosa Vole)
Microtus ochrogaster ludovicianus (Louisiana Vole)
Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus (Gull Islands Vole)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #1 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #2 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #3 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #4 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #5 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #6 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #7 (?)
Mus minotaurus (?)
Mus musculus muralis (St. Kilda House Mouse)
Mysateles garridoi (Garrido’s Hutia)
Mysateles meridionalis (Southern Hutia)
Neotoma anthonyi (Anthony’s Wood-rat)
Neotoma bunkeri (Bunkers Wood-rat)
Neotoma martinensis (San Martin Island Wood-rat)
Nesomys narindaensis (?)
Nesoryzomys darwini (Darwin’s Galapagos Mouse)
Nesoryzomys indefessus indefessus (Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse)
Nilopegamys plumbeus (Ethiopian Amphibious Rat)
Noronhomys vespucci (Vespucci’s Rodent)
Notomys amplus (Short-tailed Hopping Mouse)
Notomys longicaudatus (Long-tailed Hopping Mouse)
Notomys macrotis (Big-eared Hopping Mouse)
Notomys mordax (Darling Downs Hopping Mouse)
Notomys robustus (Broad-cheeked Hopping Mouse)
Oligoryzomys victus (St. Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat)
Oryzomys antillarum (Jamaican Rice Rat)
Oryzomys nelsoni (Nelson’s Rice Rat)
Oryzomys peninsulae (Lower Californian Rice Rat)
Oryzomys victus (Saint Vincent Rice Rat)
Oryzomys sp. nov. (?)
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni (Verhoeven’s Giant Tree Rat)
Perognathus alticolus alticolus
Peromyscus anyapahensis (Anacapa Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus (Chadwick Beach Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia guardia (Angel de la Guarda Deer Mouse)
Peromsycus guardia harbisoni (Granitos Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia mejiae (Mejia Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia ssp. (Estanque Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus mekisturus (Puebla Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus nesodytes (Giant Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus pembertoni (Pemberton’s Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus (Ponce de Leon Beach Deer Mouse)
Petaurillus emiliae (Emilia's Dwarf Flying Squirrel)
Plagiodonta aedium aedium (Cuvier's Hutia)
Plagiodonta areum (San Rafael Hutia)
Plagiodontia ipnaeum (Samana Hutia)
Plagiodonta spelaeum (Cave Hutia)
Pseudomys glaucus (Blue-grey Mouse)
Pseudomys gouldii (Gould’s Mouse)
Puertoricomys corozalus (Corozal Cave Rat)
Quemisia gravis (Twisted-toothed Mouse)
Rattus macleari (Maclear’s Rat)
Rattus nativitatis (Bulldog Rat)
Rattus sp. nov. 'East Timor' (?)
Ratufa indica dealbata (Giant Dang Squirrel)
Reithrodontomys megalotis distichlis (Salinas Harvest Mouse)
Rhagamys orthodon (?)
Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei (Lemke’s Hutia)
Sigmodon arizonae arizonae (Arizona Cotton Rat)
Sigmodon arizonae jacksoni (Yavapai Cotton Rat)
Sigmodon fulviventer goldmani (Hot Springs Cotton Rat)
Solomys spriggsarum (Buka Naked-tailed Rat)
Solomys salamonis (?)
Solomys sp. nov. (?)
Spelaeomys florensis (Flores Cave Rat)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus alleni (Allen's Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel)
Synaptomys cooperi paludis (Kansas Bog Lemming)
Synaptomys cooperi relictus (Southern Bog Lemming)
Tainotherium valei (?)
Tamias umbrinus nevadensis (Hidden Forest Chipmunk)
Thomomys bottae abstrusus (Fish Spring Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys bottae curtatus (San Antonio Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys bottae subsimilis (Harquahala Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama louiei (Cathlamet Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama tacomensis (Tacoma Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama tumuli (Tenino Pocket Gopher)
Tscherskia rusa (?)
Tyrrhenicola henseli (?)
Uromys boeadii (Biak Rat)
Uromys emmae (Emma’s Giant Rat)
Uromys imperator (Emperor Rat)
Uromys porculus (Guadalcanal Rat)
Uromys siebersi (Kai Besar Rat)
Xaymaca fulvopulvis (?)
Aegialomys galapagoensis galapagoensis (San Cristobal Island Rice Rat)
Alterodon major (?)
Amblyrhiza inundata (Anguilla Giant Hutia)
Boromys offella (Oriente Cave Rat)
Boromys torrei (Torre’s Cave Rat)
Brachytarsomys mahajambaensis (?)
Brotomys contractus (Haitian Edible Rat)
Brotomys voratus (Hispaniolan Edible Rat)
Canariomys bravoi (?)
Canariomys tamarani (Canary Islands Giant Rat)
Chaetodipus baileyi fornicatus (Bailey's Pocket Mouse)
Clidomys osborni (Jamaican Giant Hutia)
Clidomys parvus (?)
Conilurus albipes (White-footed Rabbit-rat)
Coryphomys buehleri (Buehler’s Giant Rat)
Coryphomus musseri (Timor Giant Rat)
Crateromys australis (Dinagat Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat)
Crateromys paulus (Ilin Island Cloudrunner)
Ctenomys magellanicus dicki (Dick's/Riesco Tuco Tuco)
Cuscomys oblativa (Machu Picchu Chinchilla Rat)
Dipodomys heermanni berkeleyensis (Berkeley's Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys heermanni morroensis (Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys gravipes (San Quintin Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys microps alfredi (Gunnison Island Kangaroo Rat)
Dipodomys nitratoides exilis (Fresno Kangaroo Rat)
Elasmodontomys obliquus (?)
Eliomys (Hypnomys) mahonensis (Minorcan Giant Doormouse)
Eliomys (Hypnomys) morphaeus (Majorcan Giant Doormouse)
Eliomys (Maltamys) wiedincitensis (Maltese Giant Doormouse)
Eutamias minimus atristriatus (Penasco Chipmunk)
Geocapromys columbianus (Cuban Hutia/Coney)
Geocapromys ingrahami abaconis (Great Abaco Hutia)
Geocapromys ingrahami irrectus (Crooked Island Hutia)
Geocapromys thoracatus (Little Swan Island Hutia)
Geocapromys sp. nov. (Cayman Brac Hutia)
Geomys pinetis cumberlandius (Cumberland Island Pocket Gopher)
Geomys pinetis fontanelus (Sherman's Pocket Gopher)
Geomys pinetis goffi (Goff’s South-eastern Pocket Gopher)
Heteropsomys antillensis (Antillean Cave Rat)
Heteropsomys insulans (Insular Cave Rat)
Hexolobodon phenax (Imposter Hutia)
Hystrix brachyura punungensis (?)
Isolobodon montanus (Montane Hutia)
Isolobodon portoricensis (Puerto Rican Hutia)
Juscelinomys candango (Candago Mouse)
Juscelinomys talpinus (?)
Lagostomus crassus (Peruvian Chinchilla/Vischaca)
Leporillus apicalis (Lesser Stick-nest Rat)
Macrocapromys acevedo (Acevedo's Giant Hutia)
Macrocopromys latus (Giant Hutia)
Malpaisomys insularis (Canarian Lava Fields Mouse)
Marmota caligata sheldoni (Montague Island Hoary Marmot)
Megalomys audreyae (Barbuda Giant Rice-rat)
Megalomys desmarestii (Desmarest’s Pilorie)
Megalomys luciae (Santa Lucian Pilorie)
Megalomys sp. nov. (?)
Megaoryzomys curioi (Galapagos Giant Rat)
Megaoryzomys sp. nov. (?)
Melanomys zunigae (Zuniga’s Dark Rice Rat)
Melomys fraterculus (Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat)
Melomys spechti (Buka Mosaic-tailed Rat)
Melomys sp. nov. #1 (?)
Melomys sp. nov. #2 (?)
Mesocapromys delicatus (Arredondo's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys gracilis (Western Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys jaumei (Jaume's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys kraglievichi (Kraglievich's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys minimus (Eastern Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys nanus (Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Little Earth Hutia)
Mesocapromys silvai (Silva's Dwarf Hutia)
Mesocricetus rathgeberi (?)
Microtus montanus nevadensis (Amargosa Vole)
Microtus ochrogaster ludovicianus (Louisiana Vole)
Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus (Gull Islands Vole)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #1 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #2 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #3 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #4 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #5 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #6 (?)
MURIDAE sp. nov. #7 (?)
Mus minotaurus (?)
Mus musculus muralis (St. Kilda House Mouse)
Mysateles garridoi (Garrido’s Hutia)
Mysateles meridionalis (Southern Hutia)
Neotoma anthonyi (Anthony’s Wood-rat)
Neotoma bunkeri (Bunkers Wood-rat)
Neotoma martinensis (San Martin Island Wood-rat)
Nesomys narindaensis (?)
Nesoryzomys darwini (Darwin’s Galapagos Mouse)
Nesoryzomys indefessus indefessus (Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse)
Nilopegamys plumbeus (Ethiopian Amphibious Rat)
Noronhomys vespucci (Vespucci’s Rodent)
Notomys amplus (Short-tailed Hopping Mouse)
Notomys longicaudatus (Long-tailed Hopping Mouse)
Notomys macrotis (Big-eared Hopping Mouse)
Notomys mordax (Darling Downs Hopping Mouse)
Notomys robustus (Broad-cheeked Hopping Mouse)
Oligoryzomys victus (St. Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat)
Oryzomys antillarum (Jamaican Rice Rat)
Oryzomys nelsoni (Nelson’s Rice Rat)
Oryzomys peninsulae (Lower Californian Rice Rat)
Oryzomys victus (Saint Vincent Rice Rat)
Oryzomys sp. nov. (?)
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni (Verhoeven’s Giant Tree Rat)
Perognathus alticolus alticolus
Peromyscus anyapahensis (Anacapa Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus (Chadwick Beach Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia guardia (Angel de la Guarda Deer Mouse)
Peromsycus guardia harbisoni (Granitos Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia mejiae (Mejia Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus guardia ssp. (Estanque Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus mekisturus (Puebla Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus nesodytes (Giant Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus pembertoni (Pemberton’s Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus (Ponce de Leon Beach Deer Mouse)
Petaurillus emiliae (Emilia's Dwarf Flying Squirrel)
Plagiodonta aedium aedium (Cuvier's Hutia)
Plagiodonta areum (San Rafael Hutia)
Plagiodontia ipnaeum (Samana Hutia)
Plagiodonta spelaeum (Cave Hutia)
Pseudomys glaucus (Blue-grey Mouse)
Pseudomys gouldii (Gould’s Mouse)
Puertoricomys corozalus (Corozal Cave Rat)
Quemisia gravis (Twisted-toothed Mouse)
Rattus macleari (Maclear’s Rat)
Rattus nativitatis (Bulldog Rat)
Rattus sp. nov. 'East Timor' (?)
Ratufa indica dealbata (Giant Dang Squirrel)
Reithrodontomys megalotis distichlis (Salinas Harvest Mouse)
Rhagamys orthodon (?)
Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei (Lemke’s Hutia)
Sigmodon arizonae arizonae (Arizona Cotton Rat)
Sigmodon arizonae jacksoni (Yavapai Cotton Rat)
Sigmodon fulviventer goldmani (Hot Springs Cotton Rat)
Solomys spriggsarum (Buka Naked-tailed Rat)
Solomys salamonis (?)
Solomys sp. nov. (?)
Spelaeomys florensis (Flores Cave Rat)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus alleni (Allen's Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel)
Synaptomys cooperi paludis (Kansas Bog Lemming)
Synaptomys cooperi relictus (Southern Bog Lemming)
Tainotherium valei (?)
Tamias umbrinus nevadensis (Hidden Forest Chipmunk)
Thomomys bottae abstrusus (Fish Spring Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys bottae curtatus (San Antonio Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys bottae subsimilis (Harquahala Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama louiei (Cathlamet Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama tacomensis (Tacoma Pocket Gopher)
Thomomys mazama tumuli (Tenino Pocket Gopher)
Tscherskia rusa (?)
Tyrrhenicola henseli (?)
Uromys boeadii (Biak Rat)
Uromys emmae (Emma’s Giant Rat)
Uromys imperator (Emperor Rat)
Uromys porculus (Guadalcanal Rat)
Uromys siebersi (Kai Besar Rat)
Xaymaca fulvopulvis (?)