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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Podomys
SPECIES Podomys floridanus
Author: | Chapman, 1889. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 117. | Common Name: | Florida Deermouse | Type Locality: | USA, Florida, Alachua Co., Gainesville. | Distribution: | Allopatric segments in panhandle and peninsular Florida, USA. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. Considered threatened by Florida agencies due to disappearance of scrub habitat (see Layne, 1990). | Comments: | Smith et al. (1973) noted low heterozygosity levels within populations and high genetic similarity among them. |
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