Peromyscus sejugis

Burt, 1932

Santa Cruz Deermouse

Also as Santa Cruz Island Mouse.
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Location:Mexico, BCS, Santa Cruz islandDate taken:Jan 1, 1992

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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

Burt, W.H. 1932-10-31. Descriptions of heretofore unknown mammals from islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(16):161-185.

Original name as described

Peromyscus sejugis

Other common names

Santa Cruz Island Mouse

Type material

UCLA Mammals 20042 (= CIT 50632)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Santa Cruz Island (latitude 25° 17' N., longitude 110° 43' W.), Gulf of California, Lower [= Baja] California, Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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: 1 name and synonym.

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