Peromyscus maximus Albright 1999 (deer mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: L. B. Albright. 1999. Biostratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology of the San Timoteo Badlands, Southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 144:1-121

Belongs to Peromyscus according to L. B. Albright 1999

Sister taxa: Peromyscus antiquus, Peromyscus anyapahensis, Peromyscus baumgartneri, Peromyscus berendsensis, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus brachygnathus, Peromyscus cochrani, Peromyscus complexus, Peromyscus cragini, Peromyscus crinitus, Peromyscus cumberlandensis, Peromyscus dentalis, Peromyscus difficilis, Peromyscus eremicus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus hagermanensis, Peromyscus imperfectus, Peromyscus irvingtonensis, Peromyscus kansasensis, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus minimus, Peromyscus nesodytes, Peromyscus nosher, Peromyscus parvus, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus progressus, Peromyscus sarmocophinus, Peromyscus truei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jackrabbit Trail (Site 195), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the San Timoteo Formation of California

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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