Peromyscus purepechus

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 purepechus

Name

Peromyscus purepechus León-Tapia, Fernández, Rico, Cervantes & Espinosa de los Monteros, 2020: 1127

• Holotype: CNMA 11302, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by José Ramírez-Pulido on 28 December 1968.
• Type locality: “México: Michoacán; 5 km S Nahuatzen (19°36'53"N, 101°56'01"W), 3,000 m”.

References

Primary references

• León-Tapia, M.Á., Fernández, J.A., Rico, Y., Cervantes, F.A. & Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 2020. A new mouse of the Peromyscus maniculatus species complex (Cricetidae) from the highlands of central Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 101(4): 1117–1132. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa027 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Purepechus Deermouse