Peromyscus totontepecus
C. H. Merriam, 1898
Totontepec 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
Merriam, C.H. 1898-04-30. Descriptions of twenty new species and a new subgenus of Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:115-125.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849994Original name as described
Peromyscus mexicanus totontepecus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:68624
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/315bb4c28-51b3-4672-8f45-ea7bdce53b35Type locality
"Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (alt. 6500 ft.)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
split from P. mexicanus and tentatively includes the names azulensis, sloeops, coatlanensis, saxatilis and altilaneus; previously included P. angelensis (which was also previously included under P. mexicanus); the name tehuantepecus Merriam, 1898 is also included under this species and appears to be the earliest name since it was described at the species level in the same publication as totontepecus, which was described at the subspecific level; totontepecus is tentatively retained as the name here following the most recent revision and given that this group is under considerable revision at the moment, but it should be acknowledged that tehauntepecus has priority
Taxonomy notes citation
Hernández-Canchola, G., León-Paniagua, L., & Esselstyn, J. A. (2022). Paraphyletic relationships revealed by mitochondrial DNA in the Peromyscus mexicanus species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 93, e933811-e933811. · Pérez-Montes, L. E., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Lorenzo, C. (2022). Current status of the Peromyscus mexicanus complex in Oaxaca, México. Therya, 13(3), 85-98.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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