Peromyscus polionotus

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Oldfield Deermouse

Skull & dentary.  University of South Alabama #755 Alabama, Choctaw County, Route 10 ¾ mile west of Tombigbee River.  Also as Beach Mouse|Oldfield Mouse.
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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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1843. Bericht über die Leistungen in der Naturgeschichte der Säugthiere während des Jahres 1842. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(2):1-67.

Original name as described

Mus polionotus

Other common names

Beach Mouse · Alabama Beach Mouse · Anastasia Island Beach Mouse · Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse · Perdido Key Beach Mouse · Saint Andrews Beach Mouse

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Georgia, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(TN, NC, SC, MS, AL, GA, FL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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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: 28 names and synonyms.

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