Peromyscus merriami
Mearns, 1896
Merriam's Deermouse
Location:México, SIN, Mazatlán, Paco's Reserva de Flora y FaunaDate taken:May 8, 2021Description:Also as Merriam's Mouse, Mesquite Mouse.
Distribution :
SC Arizona, USA, through W Sonora to C Sinaloa, México.
Notes :
The species identification is uncertain. This individual may represent a different taxon.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6552
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
Mearns, E.A. 1896-05-25. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from the Mexican border of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19(1103):137-140.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Peromyscus merriami
Other common names
Merriam's Mouse · Mesquite Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:59234
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
on Sonoyta River, Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(AZ)
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: 4 names and synonyms.
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