Peromyscus beatae Thomas 1903

Peromyscus beatae Thomas 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11: 485.

Type Locality: México, Veracruz, Mt Orizaba.

Vernacular Names: Orizaba Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus sacarensis Dickey 1928 .

Distribution: C Veracruz and C Guerrero to Oaxaca and Chiapas, México, southwards through highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Discussion: P. boylii species group. Formerly arranged as a synonym of P. boylii levipes (Hooper, 1968; Osgood, 1909) or P. levipes (Carleton, 1989) . Specific status, including sacarensis as junior synonym and recognized subspecies, reasserted based on karyotypic, morphologic, and genetic evidence (Bradley and Schmidly, 1987; Bradley et al., 1989, 2000; Houseal et al. 1987; Schmidly et al., 1988). Sister taxon of P. levipes; taxonomic level of differentiation of populations west ( beatae) and east ( sacarensis) of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec requires additional study (see Bradley et al., 2000).