Peromyscus schmidlyi, Bradley, 2004

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 390

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Durango Deermouse

Peromyscus schmidlyi

French: Péromyscus de Schmidly / German: Durango-Hirschmaus / Spanish: Raton ciervo de Durango

Other common names: Schmidly’'s Deermouse

Taxonomy. Peromyscus schmidlyi Bradley et al., 2004 , 3-8 mi W Coyotes (Hacienda Coyotes), UTM 2634281-13-465908, Durango, Mexico.

Peromyscus schmidly: 1s in the boylii species group. It was formerly recognized as P. boylii rowleyi or P. b. levipes . Chromosomal and genetic data suggested thatit is a distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution. Sierra Madre Occidental of E Sonora, SW Chihuahua, W Durango, E Sinaloa , and possibly NE Nayarit, Mexico. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head—body 95-119 mm, tail 83-101 mm, ear 16-21 mm, hindfoot 20-23 mm; weight 19-30 g. The Durango Deermouse is medium-sized; dorsal pelage is mummy brown at tips and plumbeous black at bases. Sides are cinnamon-rufous. Venter is white at tips and plumbeous black at bases. Feet are white, with dark strip extending slightly past ankle. Tail is bicolored (blackish brown above and white below) and scantily haired at base and tuffed at tip. There are not sufficient diagnostic morphological differences to separate the Durango Deermouse from other species in the boylii species group occurring in western Mexico, butit resembles the Nimble-footed Deermouse ( P. levipes ) and is slightly larger and darker than the Brush Deermouse form (P. boyliz rowleyr). Orbital region is hourglass-shaped and not angular as in the Gleaning Deermouse (PF. spicilegus ).

Habitat. Pine-oak and oak-juniper forest at elevations greater than 2000 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Durango Deermouse is presumably nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red Lust.

Bibliography. Bradley, Carroll et al. (2004), Cabrera et al. (2007), Hall (1981), Musser & Carleton (2005), Ordonez-Garza & Bradley (2014).

Figures

284. Blackish Deermouse (Peromyscus furvus), 285. Wide-rostrum Deermouse (Peromyscus latirostris), 286. Michoacan Deermouse (Peromyscus sagax), 287. Tres Marias Deermouse (Peromyscus madrenss), 288. San Esteban Deermouse (Peromyscus stephani), 289. Sinaloan Deermouse (Peromyscus simulus), 290. Brush Deermouse (Peromyscus boylu), 291. Durango Deermouse (Peromyscus schmidly), 292. Nimble-footed Deermouse (Peromyscus levipes), 293. Carleton’s Deermouse (Peromyscus carletoni), 294. Kilpatrick's Deermouse (Peromyscus kilpatricki), 295. Orizaba Deermouse (Peromyscus beatae), 296. Gleaning Deermouse (Peromyscus spicilegus), 297. Coalcoman Deermouse (Peromyscus winkelmanni), 298. Oaxacan Deermouse (Peromyscus oaxacensis), 299. Transvolcanic Deermouse (Peromyscus hylocetes), 300. Aztec Deermouse (Peromyscus aztecus), 301. Northern White-ankled Deermouse (Peromyscus laceianus), 302. Southern White-ankled Deermouse (Peromyscus pectoralis), 303. Saxicoline Deermouse (Peromyscus gratus), 304. El Carrizo Deermouse (Peromyscus ochraventer), 305. Chihuahuan Deermouse (Peromyscus polius), 306. Pinyon Deermouse (Peromyscus true), 307. Texas Deermouse (Peromyscus attwateri), 308. Northern Rock Deermouse (Peromyscus nasutus), 309. Southern Rock Deermouse (Peromyscus difficilis), 310. Perote Deermouse (Peromyscus bullatus), 312. Oaxacan Big-toothed Deermouse (Megadontomys cryophilus), 313. Nelson's Big-toothed Deermouse (Megadontomys nelsoni), 314. Xico Deermouse (Habromys simulatus), 315. Delicate Deermouse (Habromys delicatulus), 316. Schmidly’s Deermouse (Habromys schmidlyi), 317. Ixtlan Deermouse (Habromys ixtlani), 318. Chinanteco Deermouse (Habromys chinanteco), 319. Zempoaltepec Deermouse (Habromys lepturus), 320. Crested-tailed Deermouse (Habromys lophurus)