Peromyscus sonoriensis

(Le Conte, 1853)

Western 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

Authority citation

Le Conte, J.E. 1853-12-31. Description of three new species of American Arvicolae, with remarks upon some other American Rodents. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6(11):404-415.

Original name as described

Hesperomys sonoriensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:146 (= USNM:MAMM:A1128)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,OR,WA,ID,MT,CA,NV,AZ,NM,TX,UT,CO,WY,ND,SD,NE,KS,OK,LA,AR,MO,IA,MN)

Taxonomy notes

split from P. maniculatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bradley, R. D., Francis, J. Q., Platt II, R. N., Soniat, T. J., Alvarez, D., & Lindsey, L. L. (2019). Mitochondrial DNA sequence data indicate evidence for multiple species within Peromyscus maniculatus. Museum of Texas Tech University. · Greenbaum, I. F., Honeycutt, R. L., & Chirhart, S. E. (2019). Taxonomy and phylogenetics of the Peromyscus maniculatus species group. From field to laboratory: a memorial volume in honor of Robert J. BaNer, 988-1001.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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