Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1076

Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843

Peromyscus polionotus Wagner 1843 , Arch. Naturgesch., 9 (2): 52.

Type Locality: USA, Georgia.

Vernacular Names: Oldfield Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus albifrons Osgood 1909 ; Peromyscus allophrys Bowen 1968 ; Peromyscus ammobates Bowen 1968 ; Peromyscus arenarius Bangs 1898 ; Peromyscus baliolus Bangs 1898 ; Peromyscus colemani Schwartz 1954 ; Peromyscus decoloratus A. H. Howell 1939 ; Peromyscus griseobracatus Bowen 1968 ; Peromyscus leucocephalus A. H. Howell 1920 ; Peromyscus lucubrans Schwartz 1954 ; Peromyscus niveiventris (Chapman 1889) ; Peromyscus peninsularis A. H. Howell 1939 ; Peromyscus phasma Bangs 1898 ; Peromyscus rhoadsi Bangs 1898 ; Peromyscus subgriseus (Chapman 1893) ; Peromyscus sumneri Bowen 1968 ; Peromyscus trissyllepsis Bowen 1968 .

Distribution: SE USA, from SC Tennessee to W South Carolina, south through Alabama and Georgia, to panhandle and N peninsular Florida, USA.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as P. p. allophrys , P. p. ammobates , P. p. peninsularis , P. p. phasma , and P. p. trissyllepsis, Threatened and as P. p. niveiventris ; IUCN – Extinct as P. p. decoloratus, Critically Endangered as P. p. trissyllepsis, Endangered as P. p. allophrys , P. p. ammobates , P. p. peninsularis , and P. p. phasma , Lower Risk (nt) as P. p. leucocephalus and P. p. niveiventris , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. maniculatus species group. Revised by Osgood (1909). Pleistocene origination of subspecies hypothesized by Bowen (1968); intraspecific genetic differentiation surveyed by Selander et al. (1971). See commentary on subspecific variation and ranges by Whitaker and Hamilton (1998), who considered colemani and subgriseus as inseparable from the nominate subspecies. Membership within maniculatus group and relationships to other Peromyscus assessed by Avise et al. (1979), Greenbaum et al. (1978), Rogers et al. (1984), and Stangl and Baker (1984 b).