Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897

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 : 733

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Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897
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Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:203.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Veracruz, Las Vigas, 8000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Cordillera Transvolcanica in C Mexico (E Jalisco to C Veracruz), northwards along Sierra Madre Oriental to S Nuevo Leon and along Sierra Madre Occidental to W Chihuahua; isolated populations in SE Arizona, USA.

SYNONYMS: cecilii , zamelas.

COMMENTS: Genetic, karyotypic, and geographic variation studied by Bowers et al. (1973), who included populations in S Arizona previously identified as P. maniculatus rufinus . However, see Hoffmeister (1986) who disputed their conclusions and maintained all Arizona populations as P. maniculatus . Bowers (1974) discerned no basis for subspecific divisions. P. maniculatus species group.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Peromyscus

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Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993
1993
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Peromyscus melanotis

J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897: 203
1897
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