Peromyscus melanurus

Osgood, 1909

Black-tailed 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

Osgood, W.H. 1909-04-17. A revision of the mice of the American genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28:1-285.

Original name as described

Peromyscus megalops melanurus

Other common names

Black-tailed Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:71385

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pluma, Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude 4600 feet [= 1402 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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