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Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Musculus leucopus was named by Rafinesque (1818). It is extant.

It was recombined as Peromyscus leucopus by Hay (1902), Wilson (1967), Dalquest and Roth (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Dalquest and Schultz (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. boylei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Musculus leucopus Rafinesque
1902Peromyscus leucopus Hay p. 726
1967Peromyscus leucopus Wilson p. 209
1970Peromyscus leucopus Dalquest and Roth p. 226
1980Peromyscus leucopus Kurten and Anderson p. 245
1992Peromyscus leucopus Dalquest and Schultz

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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
speciesleucopus(Rafinesque 1818)

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 leucopus Rafinesque 1818 [white-footed mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Peromyscus leucopus (34758)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Peromyscus leucopus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Peromyscus leucopus (20318)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Peromyscus leucopus (20479)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Peromyscus leucopus (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Peromyscus leucopus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Peromyscus leucopus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Peromyscus leucopus (74473 79632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Peromyscus leucopus (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Peromyscus leucopus (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Peromyscus leucopus (104034 104035 104672 104689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Peromyscus leucopus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Peromyscus leucopus (74474)