Peromyscus parvus Sinclair 1905 (deer mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combinations: Leidymys parvus, Paciculus parvus

Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New or Imperfectly Known Rodent and Ungulates from the John Day Series. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(6):125-143

Belongs to Peromyscus according to W. J. Sinclair 1905

See also Clark et al. 1964, Martin 1980 and Wilson 1949

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 maximus, Peromyscus minimus, Peromyscus nesodytes, Peromyscus nosher, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus progressus, Peromyscus sarmocophinus, Peromyscus truei

Type specimen: UCMP 84, a partial skull (Portions of maxillary and mandible)

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Peromyscus parvus in the database

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