Peromyscus amplus

Osgood, 1904

Oaxacan Rock 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

Osgood, W.H. 1904-03-21. Thirty new mice of the genus Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:55-77.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329345

Original name as described

Peromyscus amplus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:70158

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/322d914d2-b57f-4868-9eff-03810d36a437

Type locality

"[San Juan Bautista,] Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from P. difficilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hernández-Canchola, G., León-Paniagua, L., & Esselstyn, J. A. (2022). Mitochondrial DNA and other lines of evidence clarify species diversity in the Peromyscus truei species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae). Mammalia.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006629

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 amplus

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:70158

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/322d914d2-b57f-4868-9eff-03810d36a437

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329345

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1904:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Hernández-Canchola, León-Paniagua & Esselstyn (2022:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58142)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Peromyscus difficilis amplus

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

amplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802162

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus difficilis saxicola

Hoffmeister & de la Torre, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

saxicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UIMNH 15963

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641947

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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