Peromyscus californicus (Gambel, 1848)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 729

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scientific name	Peromyscus californicus (Gambel, 1848)
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Peromyscus californicus (Gambel, 1848) . Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 4:78.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, California, Monterey Co., Monterey .

DISTRIBUTION: C and S California, USA, excluding San Joaquin Valley, to NW Baja California Norte, Mexico.

SYNONYMS: benitoensis, insignis , mariposae, parasiticus .

COMMENTS: Electrophoretic and morphometric variation investigated by Smith (1979), who retained only a northern (c. californicus ) and southern (c. insignis ) subspecies. See Merritt (1978, Mammalian Species, 85). P. californicus species group.