Peromyscus truei Shufeldt 1885

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 : 1079

Peromyscus truei Shufeldt 1885

Peromyscus truei Shufeldt 1885 , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 8: 407.

Type Locality: USA, New Mexico, McKinley Co., Fort Wingate.

Vernacular Names: Pinon Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus chlorus Hoffmeister 1941 ; Peromyscus comanche Blair 1943 ; Peromyscus dyselius Elliot 1898 ; Peromyscus gilberti (J. A. Allen 1893) ; Peromyscus hemionotis Elliot 1903 ; Peromyscus lagunae Osgood 1909 ; Peromyscus lasius Elliot 1904 ; Peromyscus martirensis (J. A. Allen 1893) ; Peromyscus megalotis Merriam 1890 ; Peromyscus montipinoris Elliot 1904 ; Peromyscus nevadensis Hall and Hoffmeister 1940 ; Peromyscus preblei Bailey 1936 ; Peromyscus sequoiensis Hoffmeister 1941 .

Distribution: USA, SW and C Oregon to W and SE Colorado, south to N Baja California Norte ( México), Arizona, and New Mexico; isolated populations in N Texas ( comanche ) and S Baja California Sur ( lagunae ).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as P. t. comanche , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. truei species group. Revised by Hoffmeister (1951), who included Mexican populations subsequently recognized as P. gratus (see above species account). Schmidly (1973) reallocated comanche as a geographic variant of P. truei , a synonymy supported by an array of information (e.g., DeWalt et al., 1993 b; Janecek, 1990; Modi and Lee, 1984); localized distribution and conservation status of this subspecies addressed by Yancey et al. (1996). Geographic variation in pelage color among Great Basin populations evaluated by Carraway and Verts (2002), who discussed results apropos recognized subspecies. Range extension and locality records in Oregon verified by Carraway et al. (1993) and Verts and Carraway (1998:Fig. 11-79). See Hoffmeister (1981, Mammalian Species, 161).