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Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Hesperomys gossypinus was named by Le Conte (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Peromyscus gossypinus by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. boylei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Hesperomys gossypinus Le Conte
1980Peromyscus gossypinus Kurten and Anderson p. 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusPeromyscusGloger 1841
speciesgossypinus(Le Conte 1853)

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.

Peromyscus gossypinus Le Conte 1853 [cotton mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:49:28
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:49:28
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Peromyscus gossypinus (20440 20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus gossypinus (74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Peromyscus gossypinus (79632 93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus gossypinus (20573 20595 20634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus gossypinus (20598 20608)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus gossypinus (154722)