Peromyscus pectoralis

Osgood, 1904

Southern White-ankled 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. 1904-03-21. Thirty new mice of the genus Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:55-77.

Original name as described

Peromyscus attwateri pectoralis

Other common names

Encinal Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:81236

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Jalpan, Querétaro, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. laceianus and P. collinus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bradley, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., Amman, B. R., Platt, R. N., Neumann, K. M., Huynh, H. M., ... & Ordóñez-Garza, N. (2015). Molecular and morphologic data reveal multiple species in Peromyscus pectoralis. Journal of Mammalogy, 96(2), 446-459.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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