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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Peromyscus
SPECIES Peromyscus melanurus
| Author: | Osgood, 1909. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 28: 215. | | Common Name: | Black-tailed Deermouse | | Type Locality: | México, Oaxaca, below Pluma Hidalgo, 3000 ft (914 m). | | Distribution: | Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, México. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | P. megalops species group. Although named as a subspecies of P. megalops, Huckaby (1980) substantiated the specific status and range of melanurus. Banded karyotype described by Smith et al. (1986). |
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