Peromyscus californicus

Peromyscus californicus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Peromyscus
Species: Peromyscus californicus
Subspecies (5): P. c. benitoensis – P. c. californicus – P. c. insignis – P. c. mariposae – P. c. parasiticus

Name

Peromyscus californicus (Gambel, 1848)

• Holotype: Gambel collection, adult ♂, collected by W. Gambel in 1842. [lost]
• Type locality: “field near Monterey, Upper California”.

Combinations

• Mus californicus Gambel, 1848: 78 [original combination]
• Hesperomys californicus — Baird, 1857: 478 [subsequent combination]
• Peromyscus californicus — Thomas, 1894: 364 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• United States: California.
• Mexico: Baja California.

References

Primary references

• Gambel, W. 1848. Descriptions of two new Californian Quadrupeds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4: 77–78. BHL

Additional references

• Osgood, W.H. 1909. Revision of the Mice of the American Genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28: 1–285. BHL Reference page. 
• Grinnell, J. & Orr, R.T. 1934. Systematic Review of the Californicus Group of the Rodent Genus Peromyscus. Journal of Mammalogy 15(3): 210–220. DOI: 10.2307/1373853 Reference page. 
• Smith, M.F. 1979. Geographic Variation in Genic and Morphological Characters in Peromyscus californicus. Journal of Mammalogy 60(4): 705–722. DOI: 10.2307/1380187 Reference page. 
• Cornejo-Latorre, C., Cortés-Calva, P. & Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. 2017. The evolutionary history of the subgenus Haplomylomys (Cricetidae: Peromyscus). Journal of Mammalogy 98(6): 1627–1640. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx107 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: California Deermouse

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