Peromyscus melanophrys

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

Peromyscus melanophrys (Coues, 1874)

• Holotype: USNM 12453, adult indet., skin and skull, collected by F. Sumichrast in 11 July 1871.
• Type locality: “Sta. Efigenia”, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Combinations

• Hesperomys (Vesperimus) melanophrys Coues, 1874: 181 [original combination]
• Hesperomys (Vesperomys) melanophrys — Alston, 1882: 146 [subsequent combination, misspelling of Vesperimus]
• Hesperomys melanophrys — True, 1885: 598 [subsequent combination]
• P.[eromyscus] melanophrys — Allen, 1897: 51 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Peromyscus leucurus Gadovii Thomas, 1903: 484.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1903.3.4.55, ♀, collected by Hans Gadow on September 1902
  • Type locality: “San Carlos Yantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico (between Oaxaca City and Tehuantepec). Altitude 2,250 feet [=684 m]”.

References

Primary references

• Coues, E. 1874. Synopsis of the Muridae of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26: 173–196. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• López-González, C., García-Mendoza, D.F., López-Vidal, J.C. & Elizalde-Arellano, C. 2019. Multiple lines of evidence reveal a composite of species in the plateau mouse, Peromyscus melanophrys (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Mammalogy 100(5): 1583–1598. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz106 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Peromyscus melanophrys  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Black-eyed Deermouse