Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845) . Arch. Naturgesch., 11, 1:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Labrador, Moravian settlements .

DISTRIBUTION: Panhandle of Alaska and across N Canada, south through most of continental USA, excluding the SE and E seaboard, to southernmost Baja California Sur and to NC Oaxaca, Mexico.

SYNONYMS: abietorum, akeleyi, algidus, alpinus, anacapae, angustus, anticostiensis, argentatus, artemisiae, assimilis, austerus, bairdii, balaclavae, beresfordi, blandus, borealis, canadensis, cancrivorus, carli, catalinae, cineritius, dementis, coolidgei, deserticolus, dorsalis, doylei, dubius, elusus, eremus, exiguus, exterus, fulvus, gambeli, georgiensis, geronimensis, gracilis, gunnisoni, hollisteri, hueyi, hylaeus, imperfectus, inclarus, insolatus, keeni, labecula, luteus, macrorhinus, magdalenae, margaritae, maritimus, martinensis, médius, osgoodi, nebrascensis, nubiterrae, oresterus, ozarkiarum, pallescens, perimekurus, plumbeus, pluvialis, prevostensis, rubidus, rubriventer, rufinus, sanctaerosae, santacruzae, sartinensis, saturatus, saxamans, serratus, sonoriensis, streatori, subarcticus, thurberi, triangularis, umbrinus.

COMMENTS: Status and relationships with regard to P. melanotis addressed by Bowers et al. (1973), Bowers (1974), and Greenbaum and Baker (1978); to P. oreas by Allard et al. (1987), Allard and Greenbaum (1988), and Gunn and Greenbaum (1986); and to P. polionotus by Avise et al. (1979) and Robbins and Baker (1981). Distinction between short-tailed and long-tailed geographic races (e.g., Hooper, 1968b; Koh and Peterson, 1983) obscurely reflected in chromosomal and biochemical data (Avise et al., 1979; Bowers et al., 1973; Bradshaw and Hsu, 1972; Calhoun et al., 1988; Lansman et al., 1983). Specific homogeneity of included taxa doubtful. P. maniculatus species group.