Peromyscus eremicus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Cactus Deermouse

Dorsolateral view. Also as Cactus Mouse.
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Location:USA, NM, Grant Co.Date taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1173

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. and Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. 2017. The evolutionary history of the subgenus Haplomylomys (Cricetidae: Peromyscus). Journal of Mammalogy 98(6):1627-1640. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx107

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002283

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: 25 names and synonyms.

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

Name usages

  1. Baird (1857:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20633)
  2. Murray (1866:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Coues (1868:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  4. Merriam (1890:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)

Hesperomys (Vesperimus) leucopus eremicus

(Coues, 1874)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362030

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Coues (1874:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15059)
  2. True (1885:597, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

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

  1. Trouessart (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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

  1. Trouessart (1904:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus eremicus

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

eremicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435060

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Osgood (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  3. Trouessart (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Bailey (1905:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  5. Osgood (1909:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  6. Hatfield (1942:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69512)
  7. Goldman (1951:413, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24985629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72371)
  8. Lange (1960:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  9. Anderson (1972:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Hall (1981:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:449, 450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Musser & Carleton (1993:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  15. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  16. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  17. 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)
  18. Cornejo-Latorre, Cortés-Calva & Álvarez-Castañeda (2017:1635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33432)
  19. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  23. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16659/143641683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus Anthonyi

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435061

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Peromyscus eremicus phæurus

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 (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  2. Trouessart (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Osgood (1909:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  4. Hall (1981:660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus eremicus anthonyi

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

407

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423288

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Osgood (1909:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  3. Anderson (1972:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  4. Hall (1981:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

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. Hall (1981:660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  3. Cornejo-Latorre, Cortés-Calva & Álvarez-Castañeda (2017:1636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33432)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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