Podomys floridanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Podomys
Species: Podomys floridanus

Name

• Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)

Holotype: AMNH 1812, adult ♀, skin.

Type locality: “Gainesville, [Alachua County,] Florida,” United States.

Combinations

• Hesperomys floridanus Chapman, 1889: 117 [original combination]
• Sitomys floridanus: Chapman, 1894: 336 [name combination]
• Peromyscus floridanus: Bangs, 1896: 122 [name combination]
• Peromyscus (Podomys) [floridanus]: Osgood, 1909: 226 [name combination]
• Podomys [floridanus]: Carleton, 1980: 115 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Chapman, F.M. 1889. Preliminary descriptions of two apparently new species of the genus Hesperomys from Florida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2: 117. Full article
• Chapman, F.M. 1894. Remarks on certain land mammals from Florida, with a list of the species knwon to occur in the state. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 6: 333–346.
• Bangs, O. 1896. The cotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 119–125.
• Osgood, W.H. 1909. Revision of the mice of the American genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28: 1–285, pls. 1–8, figs. 1–12.
• Carleton, M.D. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine-peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy with New World Cricetinae. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 157: 1–146.

Links

• Podomys floridanus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Podomys floridanus  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Florida Deermouse