Peromyscus melanocarpus
Osgood, 1904
Black-wristed Deermouse
Distribution :
Endemic to Mexico; in humid montane forests of Sierras de Zempoaltépec, Juárez, and Mazteca, ca. 1500-2500 m, NC Oaxaca.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7845
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
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.
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Original name as described
Peromyscus melanocarpus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:68610
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Mount Zempoaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude 8000 feet [= 2438 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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