Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1

Peromyscus gossypinus

Description

Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1853). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6:411.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Georgia, Liberty Co., near Riceboro, probably Le Conte Plantation.

DISTRIBUTION: SE USA, from SE Oklahoma, extreme S Illinois and SE Virginia, south to Gulf of Mexico and peninsular Florida.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as P. g. allapaticola.

SYNONYMS: allapaticola, anastasae, cognatus, insulanus, nigriculus, megacephalus, mississippiensis, palmarius, restrictus, telmaphilus.

COMMENTS: Hybridization in lab with P. leucopus (Bradshaw, 1968), but differentiation of P. gossypinus in field is well documented (Engstrom et al., 1982; Price and Kennedy, 1980; L. W. Robbins et al., 1985). See Wolfe and Linzey (1977, Mammalian Species, 70). P. leucopus species group.

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 730, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Scientific name authorship
Le Conte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Peromyscus
Species
gossypinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Peromyscus gossypinus (Conte, 1853) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Bradshaw, W. N. 1968. Progeny from experimental mating tests with mice of the Peromyscus leucopus group. Journal of Mammalogy, 49: 475 - 480.
  • Price, P. K., and M. L. Kennedy. 1980. Genic relationships in the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, and the cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus. American Midland Naturalist, 103: 73 - 82.
  • Wolfe, J. L., and A. V. Linzey. 1977. Peromyscus gossypinus. Mammalian Species, 70: 1 - 5.