Peromyscus grandis

G. G. Goodwin, 1932

Large Deermouse

May be new species.
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Location:Guatemala, El Progresso department, Finca El CafetalDate taken:21 February 2026Description:May be new species.

Distribution :

S Alta Verapaz and NE Baja Verapaz, Guatemala; limits of distribution unknown.

Notes :

The species identification is uncertain. This individual may represent a different taxon.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8180

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

Goodwin, G.G. 1932-09-16. Three new Reithrodontomys and two new Peromyscus from Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 560:1-5.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170089

Original name as described

Peromyscus grandis

Other common names

Giant Deermouse

Type material

AMNH M-79341

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79341

Type locality

"Finca Concepcion [Alta Verapaz], Guatemala; 3750 feet elevation [= 1143 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guatemala

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002290

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Peromyscus grandis

G. G. Goodwin, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-79341

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Finca Concepcion, Guatemala; 3750 feet elevation

Type locality

Guatemala.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79341

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Huckaby (1980:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52137994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2345)
Corbet & Hill (1980:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16662/22359831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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