Peromyscus amplus
Osgood, 1904
Oaxacan Rock Deermouse
Distribution :
S Hidalgo, extreme W Veracruz, N Mexico, Puebla, and NW Oaxaca, Mexico.
Notes :
The species identification is uncertain. This individual may represent a different taxon.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6505
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
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1904-03-21. Thirty new mice of the genus Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:55-77.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Peromyscus amplus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:70158
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"[San Juan Bautista, ] Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
split from P. difficilis
Taxonomy notes citation
Hernández-Canchola, G., León-Paniagua, L.S. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2022. Mitochondrial DNA and other lines of evidence clarify species diversity in the Peromyscus truei species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae). Mammalia 86(4):380-392. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2021-0146
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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: 3 names and synonyms.
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