Peromyscus levipes
C. H. Merriam, 1898
Nimble-footed 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
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/3849997Original name as described
Peromyscus levipes
Other common names
Nimble-footed Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:53673
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc6fe922-c1b1-44b2-a668-a0b3f5cdfe11Type locality
Mt. Malinche, 8400 ft (= 2560 m), Tlaxcala, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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