Peromyscus caniceps

Burt, 1932

Monserrat Island Deermouse

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

Burt, W.H. 1932-10-31. Descriptions of heretofore unknown mammals from islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(16):161-185.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718645

Original name as described

Peromyscus caniceps

Other common names

Burt's Deermouse · Montserrat Island Canyon Mouse

Type material

UCLA Mammals 19683 (= CIT 50273)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19683

Type locality

"Montserrate Island (latitude, 23° 38' N., longitude 111° 02' W.), Gulf of California, Lower California [= Baja California Sur], Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002276

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Peromyscus caniceps

Burt, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 19683 (= CIT 50273)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19683

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718645

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16655/22361697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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