Peromyscus schmidlyi, Bradley, 2004
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291. View Plate 18: Cricetidae
Durango Deermouse
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).
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 schmidlyi
| Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017 |
Peromyscus schmidlyi
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