Peromyscus fraterculus

Peromyscus fraterculus

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 fraterculus

Name

Peromyscus fraterculus (Miller, 1892)

• Syntypes: Miller collection No. 1135/962, adult ♀, collected by G.S. Miller on 7 January 1892 and Marsh collection No. 1217/1044, adult ♂, collected by Charles H. Marsh on 15 January 1892.
• Type locality: “Dulzura, San Diego Co., Cal. [=California]”, United States.

Combinations

• Vesperimus fraterculus Miller, 1892: 261 [original combination]
• Peromyscus fraterculus — Trouessart, 1897: 515 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Sitomys herronii Rhoads, 1893: 832
• Sitomys herronii nigellus Rhoads, 1894: 257
• Peromyscus eremicus propinquus J.A. Allen, 1898: 154
• Peromyscus homochroia Elliot, 1903: 158

References

Primary references

• Miller, G.S. 1892. Description of a new mouse from southern California. The American Naturalist 26(303): 261–263. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Riddle, B.R., Hafner, D.J. & Alexander, L.F. 2000. Phylogeography and systematics of the Peromyscus eremicus species group and the historical biogeography of North American warm regional deserts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(2): 145–160. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0841 Reference page. 
• Cornejo-Latorre, C., Cortés-Calva, P. & Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. 2017. The evolutionary history of the subgenus Haplomylomys (Cricetidae: Peromyscus). Journal of Mammalogy 98(6): 1627–1640. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx107 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northern Baja Deermouse