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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802196

Original name as described

Peromyscus megalops melanurus

Other common names

Black-tailed Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:71385

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b64b8daa-75df-49b8-b837-5ae036a52ba0

Type locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002314

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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 megalops melanurus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:71385

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b64b8daa-75df-49b8-b837-5ae036a52ba0

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802196

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Osgood (1909:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)

Peromyscus melanurus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16679/22363320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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