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Peromyscus melanophrys
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Description
Peromyscus melanophrys (Coues, 1874). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 26:181.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Oaxaca, Santa Efigenia.
DISTRIBUTION: S Durango and Coahuila, south through interior Mexico to Chiapas.
SYNONYMS: coahuilensis, consobrinus, micropus, xenurus, zamorae.
COMMENTS: Revised by Baker (1952) to include xenurus, which Osgood (1909) had retained as a species. Relationships evaluated by Schmidly et al. (1985) and Stangl and Baker (1984b). The level of differentiation of micropus from Jalisco invites study. P. melanophrys 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 733, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Peromyscus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Coues
- Species
- melanophrys
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Peromyscus melanophrys (Coues, 1874) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993
References
- Baker, R. H. 1952. Geographic range of Peromyscus melanophrys, with description of a new subspecies. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, 5: 251 - 258.
- Osgood, W. H. 1909. Revision of the mice of the American genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna, 28: 1 - 285.
- Schmidly, D. J., M. R. Lee, W. S. Modi, and E. G. Zimmerman. 1985. Systematics and notes on the biology of Peromyscus hooperi. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 97: 1 - 40.
- Stangl, F. B., Jr., and R. J. Baker. 1984 b. Evolutionary relationships in Peromyscus: Congruence in chromosomal, genic, and classical data sets. Journal of Mammalogy, 65: 643 - 654.