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/3849997

Original 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-a0b3f5cdfe11

Type locality

Mt. Malinche, 8400 ft (= 2560 m), Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002305

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 boylii ambiguus

Álvarez Solórzano, 1961

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ambiguus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:25692 (= USNM:MAMM:A33092)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4e1cff0-c874-486d-b0ad-569cf4c79548

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4397265

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Peromyscus levipes

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

levipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:53673

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc6fe922-c1b1-44b2-a668-a0b3f5cdfe11

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16670/115136642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus boylei levipes

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

levipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802134

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1909:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)

Peromyscus levipes ambiguus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ambiguus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus levipes levipes

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

levipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

391

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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