Peromyscus merriami

Mearns, 1896

Merriam's Deermouse

Also as Merriam's Mouse, Mesquite Mouse.
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Location:México, SIN, Mazatlán, Paco's Reserva de Flora y FaunaDate taken:8 May 2021Description:Also as Merriam's Mouse, Mesquite Mouse.

Distribution :

SC Arizona, USA, through W Sonora to C Sinaloa, México.

Notes :

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

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6552

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

Mearns, E.A. 1896-05-25. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1103):137-140.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294926

Original name as described

Peromyscus merriami

Other common names

Merriam's Mouse · Mesquite Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:59234

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351a13204-ce1d-4c98-816a-381e8119cd21

Type locality

on Sonoyta River, Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002315

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Peromyscus merriami

Mearns, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:59234

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

the village of Sonoyta, on the Sonoyta River, Sonora, Mexico.

Type locality

Mexico: Sonora: 31°51′48″N, 112°50′59″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351a13204-ce1d-4c98-816a-381e8119cd21

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Miller & Rehn (1901:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56790082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35890)
Trouessart (1904:404, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1904:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2649561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20601)
Lange (1960:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
Anderson (1972:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Corbet & Hill (1980:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Cornejo-Latorre, Cortés-Calva & Álvarez-Castañeda (2017:1635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33432)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16680/115137090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peromyscus goldmani

Osgood, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:96340

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mexico: Sonora: 27°2′N, 108°55′W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37b6ce725-29ed-489d-90d4-cdcc96ec1860

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Osgood (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15321)
Trouessart (1904:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Elliot (1904:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2649549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20601)
Osgood (1909:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14930)
Miller (1912:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Miller (1924:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7841411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39018)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Peromyscus merriami goldmani:

S. Anderson, 1972

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

goldmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

397

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Hall (1981:661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Cornejo-Latorre, Cortés-Calva & Álvarez-Castañeda (2017:1635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33432)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Peromyscus merriami merriami:

E. R. Hall, 1981

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

661

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall (1981:661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
Cornejo-Latorre, Cortés-Calva & Álvarez-Castañeda (2017:1635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33432)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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