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Peromyscus attwateri J. A. Allen 1895

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Peromyscus attwateri J. A. Allen 1895

Peromyscus attwateri J. A. Allen 1895, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 7: 330.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Kerr Co., Turtle Creek.

Vernacular Names: Texas Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus bellus Bangs 1896; Peromyscus cansensis Long 1961; Peromyscus laceyi Bailey 1905.

Distribution: Edwards Plateau (see Goetze, 1998) and E Llano Estacado (see L. Choate, 1997) of C and N Texas, eastwards through SW and E Oklahoma, to SE Kansas, SW Missouri, and NW Arkansas, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. truei species group. Cognate relationship to P. difficilis (and nasutus) suggested by allozymic data (Janecek, 1990; Sullivan et al. 1991), a relationship bolstered by restriction-site (DeWalt et al., 1993 b) and gene-sequence analyses (Tiemann-Boege et al., 2000) of mitochondrial DNA. Classified as a geographic race of P. boylii (Osgood, 1909) until rediagnosed as a species by Schmidly (1973). Biochemical evolution studied by Kilpatrick (1984); morphometric variation among Arkansas populations evaluated by Sugg et al. (1990). Populations found along the eastern escarpment of the Llano Estacado, N Texas, reidentified as P. attwateri, not P. boylii (L. Choate, 1997). See Schmidly (1974, Mammalian Species, 48).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1063, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Peromyscus
Species
attwateri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Peromyscus attwateri Allen, 1895 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Goetze, J. R. 1998. The mammals of the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University, 41: 263 pp.
  • Choate, L. L. 1997. The mammals of the Llano Estacado. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University, 40: 1 - 240.
  • Janecek, L. L. 1990. Genic variation in the Peromyscus truei group (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 71: 301 - 308.
  • DeWalt, T. S., E. G. Zimmerman, and J. V. Planz. 1993 b. Mitochondrial-DNA phylogeny of species of the boylii and truei groups of the genus Peromyscus. Journal of Mammalogy, 74: 352 - 362.
  • Tiemann-Boege, I., C. W. Kilpatrick, D. J. Schmidly, and R. D. Bradley. 2000. Molecular phylogenetics of the Peromyscus boylii species group (Rodentia: Muridae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 16: 366 - 378.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1909. Revision of the mice of the American genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna, 28: 1 - 285.
  • Kilpatrick, C. W. 1984. Molecular evolution of the Texas mouse, Peromyscus attwateri. Pp. 87 - 96, in Festschrift for Walter W. Dalquest in honor of his sixty-sixth birthday (N. Horner, ed.). Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, 163 pp.
  • Sugg, D. W., M. L. Kennedy, and G. A. Heidt. 1990. Genetic variation in the Texas mouse, Peromyscus attwateri. Journal of Mammalogy, 71: 309 - 317.