Peromyscus stirtoni

Dickey, 1928

Stirton's 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

Dickey, D.R. 1928-01-25. Five new mammals of the genus Peromyscus from El Salvador. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645434

Original name as described

Peromyscus stirtoni

Other common names

Stirton's Mouse

Type material

UCLA Mammals 10634 (= Dickey collection 10634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-10634

Type locality

Río Goascorán, 100 ft (= 31 m), 13°30'N, La Unión Department, El Salvador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002339

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 stirtoni

Dickey, 1928

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

stirtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 10634 (= Dickey collection 10634)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-10634

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645434

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16693/22362723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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