Peromyscus perfulvus

Osgood, 1945

Tawny 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. 1945. Two new rodents from Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 26(3):299-301.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374823

Original name as described

Peromyscus perfulvus

Other common names

Marsh Mouse

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:52041

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=d78039c5-be9d-4110-99ef-cc51a7bf9b2d

Type locality

"10 kilometers west of Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico, altitude 1040 ft. [= 327 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. chrysopus

Taxonomy notes citation

Castañeda-Rico, S., León-Paniagua, L., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., & Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G. (2014). Evolutionary diversification and speciation in rodents of the Mexican lowlands: the Peromyscus melanophrys species group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70, 454-463. · López-González, C., García-Mendoza, D. F., López-Vidal, J. C., & Elizalde-Arellano, C. (2019). Multiple lines of evidence reveal a composite of species in the plateau mouse, Peromyscus melanophrys (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 100(5), 1583-1598.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002325

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 perfulvus

Osgood, 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

perfulvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:52041

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=d78039c5-be9d-4110-99ef-cc51a7bf9b2d

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16685/22364160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus perfulvus perfulvus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

perfulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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