Peromyscus perfulvus Osgood 1945

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 : 1076

Peromyscus perfulvus Osgood 1945

Peromyscus perfulvus Osgood 1945 , J. Mammal., 26: 299.

Type Locality: México, Michoacán, 10 km W Apatzingán, 1040 ft (317 m).

Vernacular Names: Tawny Deermouse.

Synonyms: Peromyscus chrysopus Hooper 1955 .

Distribution: Coastal lowlands of Jalisco and Colima, along Río Balsas to interior Michocán and northernmost Guerrero, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. melanophrys species group. Placed with P. melanophrys group by Hooper (1968), an association supported by electrophoretic data ( Schmidly et al., 1985). The geographic range and ecological affinity of P. perfulvus and Osgoodomys banderanus are tightly congruent and suggest similar biogeographic histories.