Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 732

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.