Peromyscus

Peromyscus Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Peromyscus maniculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus Gloger, 1841
species
See text.

The genus Peromyscus contains species commonly referred to as deer mice. This is a genus of New World mouse only distantly related to the common house mouse, Mus musculus. The most common species of deer mouse in the continental United States are two closely related species, P. maniculatus, and P. leucopus. In the USA, Peromyscus is also the most populous mammalian species overall.[1]

The genus Peromyscus has been an important model in the studies of phylogeography, speciation, chromosomes, genetics, and evolution in general. In recent years, it has become notorious in the western United States as a carrier of the hantavirus.

There is a different mammal by the name of "Mouse Deer," a relatively primitive ungulate of minuscule size.

Species

• Peromyscus
  • californicus group
    • Peromyscus californicus
  • eremicus group
    • Peromyscus eremicus
    • Peromyscus guardia - possibly extinct
      • Peromyscus guardia guardia - last seen 1991
      • Peromyscus guardia mejiae - extinct (1973)
      • Peromyscus guardia harbisoni - extinct (1963)
      • Peromyscus guardia subsp. indet. from Estanque Island - extinct (1998)
    • Peromyscus interparietalis
    • Peromyscus dickeyi
    • Peromyscus pseudocrinitus
    • Peromyscus eva
    • Peromyscus caniceps
    • Peromyscus merriami
    • Peromyscus pembertoni - extinct (1931)
  • hooperi group
    • Peromyscus hooperi
  • crinitus group
    • Peromyscus crinitus
  • maniculatus group
    • Peromyscus maniculatus
    • Peromyscus polionotus
      • Peromyscus polionotus allophrys
      • Peromyscus polionotus ammobates
      • Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus
      • Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus
      • Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris
      • Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis
      • Peromyscus polionotus phasma
      • Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis
    • Peromyscus sejugis
    • Peromyscus oreas
    • Peromyscus sitkensis
    • Peromyscus melanotis
    • Peromyscus slevini
    • Peromyscus nesodytes
  • leucopus group
    • Peromyscus leucopus
    • Peromyscus gossypinus
  • aztecus group
    • Peromyscus aztecus
    • Peromyscus spicilegus
    • Peromyscus winkelmanni
  • boylii group
    • Peromyscus boylii
    • Peromyscus levipes
    • Peromyscus schmidlyi
    • Peromyscus stephani
    • Peromyscus attwateri
    • Peromyscus simulus
    • Peromyscus madrensis
    • Peromyscus pectoralis
    • Peromyscus polius
  • truei group
    • Peromyscus truei
    • Peromyscus gratus
    • Peromyscus bullatus
    • Peromyscus difficilis
    • Peromyscus nasutus
  • melanophrys group
    • Peromyscus melanophrys
    • Peromyscus perfulvus
    • Peromyscus mekisturus
  • furvus group
    • Peromyscus furvus
    • Peromyscus ochraventer
    • Peromyscus mayensis
  • megalops group
    • Peromyscus megalops
    • Peromyscus melanurus
    • Peromyscus melanocarpus
  • mexicanus group
    • Peromyscus mexicanus
    • Peromyscus gymnotis
    • Peromyscus guatemalensis
    • Peromyscus zarhynchus
    • Peromyscus grandis
    • Peromyscus yucatanicus
    • Peromyscus stirtoni

External links

• Behavioral Ecology Blog
• The song of the deer mouse
• Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center (University of South Carolina)
• Hantavirus Fact Sheet