Peromyscus mayensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Peromyscus
Species: Peromyscus mayensis

Name

Peromyscus mayensis Carleton & Huckaby, 1975: 444

• Holotype: UMMZ 117902, adult ♂, skin, skull, postcranial skeleton and glans penis, collected by Ernesto Barriga-B., Michael D. Carleton and David G. Huckaby on 28 May 1970.
• Type locality: “Guatemala, Departamento de Huehuetenango, approximately 7 kilometers (km) NW Santa Eulalia, "Yaiquich", 2950 meters elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Carleton, M.D. & Huckaby, D.G. 1975. A New Species of Peromyscus from Guatemala. Journal of Mammalogy 56(2): 444–451. DOI: 10.2307/1379373 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mayan Deermouse