Peromyscus felipensis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

San Felipe Rock Deermouse

Formerly Peromyscus difficilis felipensis, Southern Rock Deermouse.
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Location:México, MEX, La MarquesaDate taken:May 15, 2014

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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

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/3849996

Original name as described

Peromyscus felipensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:68409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bea3a0a-765b-4276-b0eb-c2bfbc012b79

Type locality

"Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico (alt. 10, 200 ft)."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from P. difficilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hernández-Canchola, G., León-Paniagua, L.S. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2022. Mitochondrial DNA and other lines of evidence clarify species diversity in the Peromyscus truei species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae). Mammalia 86(4):380-392. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2021-0146

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006631

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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Peromyscus felipensis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

felipensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:68409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bea3a0a-765b-4276-b0eb-c2bfbc012b79

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849996

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  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/1006631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Peromyscus difficilis felipensis

Osgood, 1909

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

felipensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802163

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1909:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
  2. Hall (1981:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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