Peromyscus melanurus
Osgood, 1909
Black-tailed Deermouse
Location:México, OAX, Sierra Sur region, Miahuatlán district, near San Miguel SuchixtepecDate taken:Apr 12, 2024Description:Also as Black-tailed Mouse.
Distribution :
Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, México.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7097
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
Osgood, W.H. 1909-04-17. A revision of the mice of the American genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28:1-285.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Peromyscus megalops melanurus
Other common names
Black-tailed Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:71385
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Pluma, Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude 4600 feet [= 1402 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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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: 2 names and synonyms.
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