Peromyscus gratus

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Saxicoline Deermouse

Peromyscus gratus zapotecae.
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Location:México, OAX, Santa Inés del MonteDate taken:Aug 29, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7842

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

Merriam, C.H. 1898-04-30. Descriptions of twenty new species and a new subgenus of Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:115-125.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849997

Original name as described

Peromyscus gratus

Other common names

Osgood's Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:50619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3596d0bac-1f07-48ce-8568-1745ad170daf

Type locality

Tlalpan, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(NM)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002291

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Peromyscus gratus

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3596d0bac-1f07-48ce-8568-1745ad170daf

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849997

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1904:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  2. Trouessart (1904:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. 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)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16663/115136134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus pavidus

D. G. Elliot, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

pavidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:8895

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=cf1b5c6a-c36a-4ccc-92ae-48f1af33d7c2

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2652856

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

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

Peromyscus gratus gentilis

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gentilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:78937

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/349aaaec9-0903-4f96-a80b-80c00f88970d

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329458

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1904:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329458) (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. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus zelotes

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zelotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:50430

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f641fbeb-7f70-49ec-a264-1920e3073e92

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329359

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1904:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  2. Trouessart (1904:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus truei gentilis

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gentilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802156

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Anderson (1972:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  3. Hall (1981:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

Peromyscus truei gratus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802154

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Hall (1981:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)

Peromyscus truei erasmus

Finley, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

erasmus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:34417

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=917afbc8-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715319

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus truei zapotecae

Hooper, 1957

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zapotecae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 103080

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Hall (1981:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus gratus erasmus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

erasmus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

394

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus gratus gratus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

394

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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