Peromyscus polionotus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Oldfield 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

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Bericht über die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Säugthiere während des Jahres 1842. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(2):1-67.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703479

Original name as described

Mus polionotus

Other common names

Beach Mouse · Alabama Beach Mouse · Anastasia Island Beach Mouse · Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse · Perdido Key Beach Mouse · Saint Andrews Beach Mouse

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Georgia, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(TN,NC,SC,MS,AL,GA,FL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002326

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 polionotus peninsularis

A. H. Howell, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

peninsularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-131489

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-131489

Authority page

364

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Sitomys niveiventris subgriseus

(F. M. Chapman, 1893)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subgriseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-1025, AMNH MS-1745

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1745

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26897584

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys niveiventris

(F. M. Chapman, 1889)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niveiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-1042, AMNH MS-1762

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-1042 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1762

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898581

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus polionotus albifrons

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 1297

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802089

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus lucubrans

A. Schwartz, 1954

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

lucubrans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Coleman collection 1775

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

564

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus colemani

A. Schwartz, 1954

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

colemani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Coleman collection 2076

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

566

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus subgriseus arenarius

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5925

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5925

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756048

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus subgriseus baliolus

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

baliolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5925

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5925

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31426395

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus subgriseus rhoadsi

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rhoadsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6980

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6980

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756047

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus phasma

Bangs, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7175

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7175

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756045

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus polionotus ammobates

Bowen, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ammobates

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:8520

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=af94aca7-4316-4816-8062-b36992d698db

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Florida State Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis

Bowen, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

trissyllepsis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:8521

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=e298f301-68df-4f05-894f-a1e4e1f8a432

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Florida State Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus allophrys

Bowen, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

allophrys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:8522

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=09bd61bc-780c-4893-b1bc-c3ee45775295

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Florida State Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus sumneri

Bowen, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sumneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:8526

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=8310ee28-3189-4940-b0f3-fe1011b2e330

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Florida State Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus leucocephalus

A. H. Howell, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:234358

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31189aa1a-1d31-4e09-bfdb-b6843c13d64e

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848228

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus

A. H. Howell, 1939

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

decoloratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:245780

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/316f75d19-d533-4ecf-a321-842835218383

Authority page

363

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus polionotus griseobracatus

Bowen, 1968

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

griseobracatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:308957

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9a8c837-e9f8-4e83-a22f-b197ea161d86

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Florida State Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mus polionotus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

polionotus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703479

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niveiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802086

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus phasma

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802088

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

polionotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802085

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42654/115199876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus polionotus rhoadsi

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

rhoadsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802088

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus leucophalus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucophalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus polionotus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

polionotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subgriseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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