Peromyscus megalops

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Broad-faced 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/3849993

Original name as described

Peromyscus megalops

Other common names

Brown Deermouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:71592

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc66798d-91ee-40c2-b867-5c60bbc950f4

Type locality

La Cieneguilla Ranch, near Santa Maria Ozolotepec, 10,000 feet (= 3048 m), Oaxaca, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002309

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 auritus

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:68438

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/337a59952-6ae5-47de-890f-2d7aa4d5e24d

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849993

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Peromyscus comptus

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

comptus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:70191

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b90463be-6af9-4ba5-805b-53869fb3459e

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849994

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Peromyscus megalops

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

megalops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:71592

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cc66798d-91ee-40c2-b867-5c60bbc950f4

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849993

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16674/115136745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus megalops auritus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

auritus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802195

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus megalops megalops

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

megalops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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