Peromyscus melanurus (Osgood, 1909)

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 : 383

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6707476

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scientific name

Peromyscus melanurus
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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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Peromyscus

Loc

Peromyscus melanurus

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Peromyscus megalops melanurus

Osgood 1909
1909
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