Peromyscus eremicus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Cactus 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

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488247

Original name as described

Hesperomys eremicus

Other common names

Cactus Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:2575 (= USNM:MAMM:A38003)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360cbd748-5574-4f88-8bce-52a19a27f944

Type locality

Old Fort Yuma; Colorado River opposite Yuma, Arizona; Imperial County; California; USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(WY,UT,OR,NM,NV,ID,CO,CA,AZ)

Taxonomy notes

includes interparietalis and previously included P. avius

Taxonomy notes citation

Cornejo-Latorre, C., Cortés-Calva, P., & Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2017). The evolutionary history of the subgenus Haplomylomys (Cricetidae: Peromyscus). Journal of Mammalogy, 98(6), 1627-1640.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002283

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 eremicus alcorni

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alcorni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:64239

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=92bcffb4-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus eremicus sinaloensis

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sinaloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:75353

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=93258d42-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

342

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus interparietalis lorenzi

Banks, 1967

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lorenzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:19912

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-19912

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Peromyscus interparietalis ryckmani

Banks, 1967

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ryckmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:19944

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-19944

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus collatus

Burt, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

collatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 19842 (= CIT 50432)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19842

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718643

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Peromyscus guardia interparietalis

Burt, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

interparietalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 19972 (= CIT 50562)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19972

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5718646

Authority publication

Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History

Peromyscus eremicus pullus

Blossom, 1933

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pullus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 63802

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Hesperomys (Vesperimus) Anthonyi

(C. H. Merriam, 1887)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186480

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db29772a-5e16-4356-8382-543cf8269020

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3688934

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Peromyscus eremicus arenarius

Mearns, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20018 (= USNM:MAMM:A35413)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bd5ebe9d-dc40-432a-960e-2af7cd6271dd

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Peromyscus eremicus papagensis

E. A. Goldman, 1917

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

papagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:210698

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/314765385-3352-4e14-bd13-de17e30021d3

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334827

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Hesperomys eremicus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:2575 (= USNM:MAMM:A38003)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/360cbd748-5574-4f88-8bce-52a19a27f944

Authority page

479

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488247

Authority publication

Washington

Peromyscus eremicus phaeurus

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phaeurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50438

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b284cc3-ef16-4ade-b668-bb47ea72a819

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus tiburonensis

Mearns, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tiburonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:63186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3703076ca-5f45-4ce7-ba1e-227a07b35438

Authority page

720

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7295620

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Hesperomys leucopus eremicus

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

597

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Peromyscus eremicus anthonyi

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802230

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1909:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)

Peromyscus eremicus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802220

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:449, 450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16659/143641683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus eremicus tiburonensis

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tiburonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802231

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus interparietalis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

interparietalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16668/143640471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus eremicus collatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

collatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus eremicus eremicus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus interparietalis interparietalis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

interparietalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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