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Peromyscus polionotus (oldfield mouse)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Mus polionotus was named by Wagner (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Peromyscus polionotus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. boylei
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Mus polionotus Wagner
1980Peromyscus polionotus Kurten and Anderson p. 245
1998Peromyscus polionotus Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusPeromyscusGloger 1841
speciespolionotus(Wagner 1843)

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 polionotus Wagner 1843 [oldfield 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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (20384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (20385)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Peromyscus polionotus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (20571 20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Peromyscus polionotus (154805)