Peromyscus attwateri

J. A. Allen, 1895

Texas Deermouse

Also as Texas Mouse.
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Location: USA, TX, Taylor co., near AbileneDate taken: Apr 2, 2021

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6311

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Peromyscini
Genus : Peromyscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1895-11-08. Descriptions of new American mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 7(10):327-340.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894478

Original name as described

Peromyscus attwateri

Other common names

Texas Mouse

Type material

AMNH MO-8712, AMNH MS-10401

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-10401

Type locality

Turtle Creek, Kerr County, Texas, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(OK, TX, AR, MO, KS)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002269

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Peromyscus attwateri

J. A. Allen, 1895

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

attwateri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-8712, AMNH MS-10401

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-10401

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894478

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1895:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15944)
  2. Allen (1896:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  3. Trouessart (1897:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  4. Osgood (1904:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  5. Trouessart (1904:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Bailey (1905:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Hall (1981:697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Musser & Carleton (1993:728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  12. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  13. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  14. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42652/115199528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus bellus

Bangs, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5483

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5483

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328699

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus boylei laceyi

V. O. Bailey, 1905

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

laceyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:92746

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/395b76c4d-325a-43c4-8d94-b1dcbc7b0b88

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801756

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1905:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus boylei attwateri

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

attwateri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802128

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1909:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)

Peromyscus boylii cansensis

Long, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cansensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:81830

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=9362af20-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397142

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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