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--> GENUS Peromyscus
SPECIES Peromyscus crinitus
Author: | Merriam, 1891. | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 5: 53. | Common Name: | Canyon Deermouse | Type Locality: | USA, Idaho, Jerome Co., Shoshone Falls, north side of Snake River. | Distribution: | E Oregon and SW Idaho, south through Nevada and parts of Utah and W Colorado, USA, to EC Baja California Norte and NW Sonora, México. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | P. crinitus species group. Revised by Osgood (1909); subspecific taxonomy updated by Hall and Hoffmeister (1942). Initially placed in subgenus Haplomylomys (Osgood, 1909); later transferred to subgenus Peromyscus (Hooper and Musser, 1964b). Karyotype viewed as primitive for the genus (Greenbaum and Baker, 1978; Stangl and Baker, 1984b). Population on Isla San Luís Gonzaga (pallidissimus), N Sea of Cortez, genetically similar to mainland P. crinitus and retained as subspecies (Hafner et al., 2001). A composite of at least two species, the status of long-tailed forms (e.g., disparilis and delgadilli) in particular meriting reassessment. See Johnson and Armstrong (1987, Mammalian Species, 287). |
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auripectus (J. A. Allen, 1893) delgadilli Benson, 1940 disparilis Goldman, 1932 doutii Goin, 1944 pallidissimus Huey, 1931 pergracilis Goldman, 1939 peridoneus Goldman, 1937 petraius Elliot, 1904 rupicolus Benson, 1940 scitulus Bangs, 1899 scopulorum Benson, 1940 stephensi Mearns, 1897
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