Peromyscus furvus J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

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 : 1067

Peromyscus furvus J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

Peromyscus furvus J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 9: 201.

Type Locality: México, Veracruz, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) E Jalapa, 4400 ft (1341 m).

Vernacular Names: Blackish Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus angustirostris Hall and Alvarez 1961 ; Peromyscus latirostris Dalquest 1950 .

Distribution: Wet and cool forests along E flanks of Sierra Madre Oriental from extreme SE San Luis Potosí to NC Oaxaca, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. furvus species group. Morphological limits, geographic variation, and distribution reviewed by Huckaby (1980), nongeographic variation by Martínez-Coronel et al. (1997). Full synonyms include latirostris (see Hall, 1971) and angustirostris (see Musser, 1964), a conclusion supported by electrophoretic study of allozymes ( Harris and Rogers, 1999). Specific homogeneity of taxon questioned by phylogeographic analysis of cytochrome b sequences ( Harris et al., 2000), which suggests that the status and identity of populations in northernmost Oaxaca be reconsidered. Considered a member of the mexicanus group by Hooper (1968); segregated as P. furvus species group, tentatively including P. mayensis and P. ochraventer , by Carleton (1989). Although well differentiated from other mexicanus group forms, based on very limited taxonomic sampling, kinship with P. ochraventer is more distant according to mitochondrial DNA analyses ( Harris et al., 2000).