Peromyscus gambelii
(S. F. Baird, 1857)
Gambel's 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
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/58488232Original name as described
Hesperomys gambelii
Type material
USNM:MAMM:A1283 (= USNM:MAMM:369)
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/381e62212-95ea-4aef-af48-cbd7f3926437Type locality
Monterey, Monterey County, California, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(NV,CA,AZ)
Taxonomy notes
split from P. maniculatus
Taxonomy notes citation
Bradley, R. D., Francis, J. Q., Platt II, R. N., Soniat, T. J., Alvarez, D., & Lindsey, L. L. (2019). Mitochondrial DNA sequence data indicate evidence for multiple species within Peromyscus maniculatus. Museum of Texas Tech University. · Greenbaum, I. F., Chirhart, S. E., Walker, M. L., & Honeycutt, R. L. (2017). Molecular phylogenetics of western deer mice (Peromyscus): Taxonomic and biogeographic implications. The Southwestern Naturalist, 62(2), 129-137.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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