Peromyscus melanurus (Osgood, 1909)
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264. View Plate 17: Cricetidae
Black-tailed Deermouse
Peromyscus melanurus View in CoL
French: Péromyscus a queue noire / German: Schwarzschwanz-Hirschmaus / Spanish: Raton ciervo de cola negra
Other common names: Black-tailed Mouse
Taxonomy. Peromyscus megalops melanurus Osgood, 1909 View in CoL , “Pluma, Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude 4600 feet [= 1402 m].”
Peromyscus melanurus is in the megalops species group. Monotypic.
Distribution. Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca , Mexico. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 111-133 mm, tail 127-145 mm, ear 15-18 mm, hindfoot 26-29 mm; weight 40-60 g. The Black-tailed Deermouse is one of the larger species of Peromyscus . Dorsum is brown to ocherous, venteris light to white, and feet are white. Tail is considerably longer than head-body length and typically uniform black. It is morphologically most similar the Broad-faced Deermouse (FP. megalops ), but the Black-tailed Deermouse is smaller and has shorter and lighter pelage. The Blacktailed Deermouse has strongly beaded supraorbital ridges and no pectoral spots. Its karyotype is distinct, with submetacentric X chromosome.
Habitat. Pine-oak forests and tropical subdeciduous forests at elevations of 700-1900 m.
Food and Feeding. The Black-tailed Deermouse probably eats seeds, acorns,fruit, insects, and other small invertebrates.
Breeding. The Black-tailed Deermouse can reproduce year-round. Gestation lasts 21— 40 days; average littersize is 2-3 young.
Activity patterns. The Black-tailed Deermouse is presumably nocturnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List.
Bibliography. Castro-Arellano (2014c), Goodwin (1969), Hall (1981), Huckaby (1980), Musser & Carleton (2005), Nowak (1999), Osgood (1909), Robertson (1975), Smith et al. (1986).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Peromyscus megalops melanurus
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