Peromyscus guardia

C. H. Townsend, 1912

La Guarda 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

Townsend, C.H. 1912-06-14. Mammals collected by the 'Albatross' expedition in Lower California in 1911, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31(13):117-130.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898956

Original name as described

Peromyscus guardia

Other common names

Angel Island Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:198406

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37d84b7c1-f438-453b-9a3a-4856b950d40f

Type locality

Ángel de la Guarda Island, 29° 33' N, 113° 35' W, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002292

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

Peromyscus guardia harbisoni

Banks, 1967

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

harbisoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SDNHM:MAM:19194

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/sdnhm/mammals?id=urn-catalog-sdnhm-mammals-19194

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Peromyscus guardia mejiae

Burt, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mejiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 19883 (= CIT 50473)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-19883

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

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

Peromyscus guardia

C. H. Townsend, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

guardia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:198406

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37d84b7c1-f438-453b-9a3a-4856b950d40f

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898956

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:450) (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 #16664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16664/22359973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus guardia guardia

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

guardia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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