Peromyscus Taxonomy

Peromyscus Species List

ORDER RODENTIA
-Suborder Myomorpha
--Family Muridae or Cricetidae
---Subfamily Sigmodontinae
----Tribe Peromyscini
-----PEROMYSCUS (Sensu lato)

Genus Peromyscus (Sensu stricto)

(Subgenus Haplomylomys)

californicus-species group:

P. californicus (5)* - California Mouse

eremicus-species group:

P. eremicus (14)* - Cactus Mouse
P. guardia (3) - Angel Island Mouse (I)
P. interparietalis - San Lorenzo Deer Mouse (I)
P. dickeyi - Dickey's Deer Mouse (I)
P. pseudocrinitus - False Canyon Mouse (I)
P. eva (2) - Eva's Desert Mouse
P. caniceps - Burt's Deer Mouse (I)
P. merriami (2) - Merriam's Mouse
P. pembertoni - Pemberton's Deer Mouse (I)

(Subgenus Peromyscus)

hooperi-species group:

P. hooperi - Hooper's Mouse

crinitus-species group:

P. crinitus (8)* - Canyon Mouse

maniculatus-species group:

P. maniculatus (64)* - Deer Mouse
P. keeni (5) - Vancouver Deer Mouse
P. sitkensis (2) - Sitka Deer Mouse (I)
P. sejugis - Santa Cruz Island Mouse (I)
P. polionotus (17)* - Oldfield or Beach Mouse
P. melanotis - Black-eared Mouse
P. slevini - Slevin's Mouse (I)

leucopus-species group:

P. leucopus (17)* - White-footed or Wood Mouse
P. gossypinus (7)* - Cotton Mouse

aztecus-species group:

P. aztecus - Aztec Mouse
P. spicilegus
P. winkelmatini - Forest Mouse

boylii-species group:

P. boylii (12)* - Brush Mouse
P. levipes
P. stephani - San Esteban Island Mouse (I)
P. attwateri - Attwater's Mouse
P. simulus
P. madrensis
P. pectoralis (3)* - White-ankled Mouse
P. polius - Chihuahuan Mouse
P. oaxacensis - Oaxacan Deer Mouse
P. beatae

truei-species group:

P. truei (11)* - Pinyon Mouse
P. difficilis (5)* - Rock Mouse
P. nasutus (3)
P. bullatus - Perote Mouse
P. gralus (4)*

melanophrys-species group:

P. melanophrys (6)* - Plateau Mouse
P. perfulvus (2) - Marsh Mouse
P. mekisturus - Puebla Deer Mouse

furvus-species group:

P. furvus - Blackish Deer Mouse
P. ochraventer - El Carrizo Deer Mouse
P. mayensis - Mayan Deer Mouse

megalops-species group:

P. megalops (4)* - Brown Deer Mouse
P. melanurus - Black-tail Deer Mouse
P. melanocarpus - Zenpoaltepec Deer Mouse

mexicanus-species group:

P. mexicanus (9)* - Mexican Deer Mouse
P. gymnotis - Naked-eared Deer Mouse
P. guatemalensis (2) - Guatemalan Deer Mouse
P. zarhynchus - Chiapan Deer Mouse
P. grandis - Big Deer Mouse
P. yucatanicus (2) - Yucatan Deer Mouse
P. stirtoni - Stirton's Deer Mouse

Genus (=Subgenus) Megadontomys

M. (=P.) thomasi - Thomas' Deer Mouse
M. (=P.) nelsoni - Nelson's Deer Mouse
M. (=P.) cryophilus

Genus (=Subgenus) Isthmomys

I. (=P.) flavidus - Yellow Deer Mouse
I. (=P.) pirrensis - Mount Pirri Deer Mouse

Genus (=Subgenus) Habromys

H. (P.) simulatus - Jico Deer Mouse
H. (P.) chinanteco - Chinanteco Deer Mouse
H. (P.) lophurus - Crested-tailed Mouse
H. (P.) lepturus (2) - Slender-tailed Deer Mouse

Genus (=Subgenus) Neotomodon

N. (P.) alstoni - Volcano mouse

Genus (=Subgenus) Osgoodomys

O. (P.) banderanus (2) - Michoacan Deer Mouse

Genus (=Subgenus) Podomys

P. floridanus - Florida Mouse

Genus Onychomys

O. leucogaster - Northern Grasshopper Mouse
O. torridus - Southern Grasshopper Mouse
O. arenicola

EXTINCT SPECIES:

Subgenus Haplomylomys

Pliocene: P. dentalis, P. pliocenicus, P. antiquus
Early Pleistocene: P. kansasensis, P. baumgartneri, P. hagermanensis
Mid-Pleistocene: P. irvingtonensis, P. cragini

Subgenus uncertain or transitional

Mid-Pleistocene: P. progressus, P. berendsensis, P. cumberlandensis
Late Pleistocene: P. nesodytes, P. anyapahensis, P. imperfectus

Subgenus Peromyscus

Late Pleistocene: P. cochrani, P. oklahomensis

Approximate number of described subspecies given in ( ) after specific epithet.
* Major species, i.e. non-insular, widely distributed and polytypic.
(I) after common name indicates exclusively insular species.

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