Mexican Deermouse – Peromyscus mexicanus

Peromyscus mexicanusSaussure, 1860

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

P. mexicanus species group. Geographic range, variation, and taxonomic synonymy summarized by Huckaby (1980), the species construct followed here. Includes forms formerly viewed as members of Osgoodomys banderanus (angelensis, coatlanensis, and sloeops—see Musser, 1969), P. guatemalensis (tropicalis—see Musser, 1969), and P. megalops (azulensis—see Huckaby, 1980); and see account of P. gymnotis, which had been arranged as a race of P. mexicanus. Euchromatic banding patterns identical in P. mexicanus and related species so far examined (Smith et al., 1986), and levels of genic divergence are similarly unremarkable (Rogers and Engstrom, 1992).The conspecific status of populations now arranged under P. mexicanus direly needs corroboration. For one, the status of altilaneus, described by Osgood (1904) from Todos Santos, Guatemala, also... [truncated]

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.