Peromyscus aztecus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Peromyscus
Species: Peromyscus aztecus
Subspecies (3): P. a. aztecus – P. a. evides – P. a. oaxacensis

Name

Peromyscus aztecus (Saussure, 1860)

• Lectotype: MHNG 510.96, mounted skin and skull, collected by Sumichrast. [designated by Osgood (1909: 157)]
• Type locality: “Mexique”, restricted to “probably the vicinity of Mirador, Veracruz”, by Osgood (1909: 156).
• Paralectotype: USNM 3926, skin.

Combinations

• Hesperomys (Hesperomys) aztecus Saussure, 1960: 105 [original combination]
• Peromyscus aztecus — Thomas, 1894: 365 [subsequent combination]
• Peromyscus boylei [sic] aztecus — Osgood, 1909: 156 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Peromyscus aztecus — Álvarez, 1961: 113 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Saussure, H. de 1860. Note sur quelques mammifères du Mexique. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. Series 2 12: 3–11, 53–57, 97–110, 241–254, 281–293, 377–383, 425–431, 479–494, 4 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Osgood, W.H. 1909. Revision of the Mice of the American Genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28: 1–285. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carleton, M.D. 1979. Taxonomic status and relationships of Peromyscus boylii from El Salvador. Journal of Mammalogy 60(2): 280–296. DOI: 10.2307/1379799 Reference page. 
• Kilpatrick, C.W., Pradhan, N. & Norris, R.W. 2021. A re-examination of the molecular systematics and phylogeography of taxa of the Peromyscus aztecus species group, with comments on the distribution of P. winkelmanni. Therya 12(2): DOI: 10.12933/therya-21-1115 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Aztec Deermouse