Peromyscus levipes
C. H. Merriam, 1898
Nimble-footed Deermouse
Location:México, HID, Parque Nacional Los MarmolesDate taken:Jun 30, 2022Description:CNMA-UNAM 50311. Peromyscus levipes levipes. Also as Nimble-footed Mouse.
Distribution :
Endemic to Mexico; in C Nuevo León and W Tamaulipas, in and along the Sierra Madre Oriental, to C Veracruz, Tlaxcala, Mexico City, and Morelos.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7844
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Neotominae |
| Tribe | : Peromyscini |
| Genus | : Peromyscus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1898-04-30. Descriptions of twenty new species and a new subgenus of Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:115-125.
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Original name as described
Peromyscus levipes
Other common names
Nimble-footed Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:53673
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Mt. Malinche, 8400 ft (= 2560 m), Tlaxcala, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 6 names and synonyms.
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