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Peromyscus (deer mouse)
Taxonomy
Peromyscus was named by Gloger (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Peromyscini by Baskin (1978); to Cricetidae by Gloger (1841), Wilson (1967), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Sigmodontinae by Czaplewski et al. (2002); and to Cricetinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Seymour (2004).
It was assigned to Muridae by Schultz and Howard (1935); to Peromyscini by Baskin (1978); to Cricetidae by Gloger (1841), Wilson (1967), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Sigmodontinae by Czaplewski et al. (2002); and to Cricetinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Seymour (2004).
Species
P. antiquus, P. anyapahensis, P. baumgartneri, P. berendsensis, P. boylii, P. brachygnathus, P. cochrani, P. complexus, P. cragini, P. crinitus, P. cumberlandensis, P. dentalis, P. difficilis, P. eremicus, P. gossypinus, P. hagermanensis, P. imperfectus, P. irvingtonensis, P. kansasensis, P. leucopus, P. maniculatus, P. maximus, P. minimus, P. nesodytes, P. nosher, P. parvus, P. pectoralis, P. polionotus, P. progressus, P. sarmocophinus, P. truei
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1841 | Peromyscus Gloger |
| 1902 | Peromyscus Hay p. 726 |
| 1935 | Peromyscus Schultz and Howard p. 281 |
| 1967 | Peromyscus Wilson p. 209 |
| 1978 | Peromyscus Baskin p. 131 |
| 1980 | Peromyscus Kurten and Anderson p. 242 |
| 1997 | Peromyscus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Peromyscus Czaplewski et al. p. 102 |
| 2004 | Peromyscus Seymour |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Peromyscus Gloger 1841 [deer mouse]
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†Peromyscus antiquus Kellogg 1910
†Peromyscus anyapahensis White 1966
†Peromyscus baumgartneri Hibbard 1954
†Peromyscus berendsensis Starrett 1956
Peromyscus boylii Baird 1855 [brush mouse]
†Peromyscus brachygnathus Gidley 1922
†Peromyscus cochrani Hibbard 1955
†Peromyscus complexus Albright 1999
†Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944
Peromyscus crinitus Merriam 1891 [canyon mouse]
†Peromyscus cumberlandensis Guilday and Handley 1967
†Peromyscus dentalis Hall 1930
Peromyscus difficilis Allen 1891
Peromyscus eremicus Baird 1858
Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 [cotton mouse]
†Peromyscus hagermanensis Hibbard 1962
†Peromyscus imperfectus Dice 1925
†Peromyscus irvingtonensis Savage 1951
†Peromyscus kansasensis Hibbard 1941
Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque 1818 [white-footed mouse]
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 [deer mouse]
†Peromyscus maximus Albright 1999
†Peromyscus minimus Gidley 1922
†Peromyscus nesodytes Wilson 1936
†Peromyscus nosher Gustafson 1978
†Peromyscus parvus Sinclair 1905
Peromyscus pectoralis Osgood 1904 [white-ankled mouse]
Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 [oldfield mouse]
†Peromyscus progressus Hibbard 1960
†Peromyscus sarmocophinus Ruez, Jr. 2001
Peromyscus truei Shufeldt 1885 [pinyon mouse]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available