Peromyscus merriami

Mearns, 1896

Merriam's 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

Mearns, E.A. 1896-05-25. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1103):137-140.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294926

Original name as described

Peromyscus merriami

Other common names

Merriam's Mouse · Mesquite Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:59234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351a13204-ce1d-4c98-816a-381e8119cd21

Type locality

on Sonoyta River, Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002315

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 merriami

Mearns, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:59234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351a13204-ce1d-4c98-816a-381e8119cd21

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16680/115137090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus goldmani

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:96340

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37b6ce725-29ed-489d-90d4-cdcc96ec1860

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus merriami goldmani

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus merriami merriami

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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