Peromyscus gossypinus
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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.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- 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.