Peromyscus purepechus
León-Tapia, J. A. Fernández, Rico, Cervantes, & Espinosa de los Monteros, 2020
Purepechus 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
Authority citation
León-Tapia, M.Á., Fernández, J.A., Rico, Y., Cervantes, F.A. and Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 2020-04-15. A new mouse of the _Peromyscus maniculatus_ species complex (Cricetidae) from the highlands of central Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 101(4):1117-1132.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa027Original name as described
Peromyscus purepechus
Type material
CNMA 11302
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
5 km S Nahuatzen, Michoacán, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously included under P. maniculatus
Taxonomy notes citation
Léon-Tapia, M. Á., Fernández, J. A., Rico, Y., Cervantes, F. A., & Espinosa de los Monteros, A. (2020). A new mouse of the Peromyscus maniculatus species complex (Cricetidae) from the highlands of central Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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