Megadontomys cryophilus Musser 1964

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 : 1052

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scientific name

Megadontomys cryophilus Musser 1964
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Megadontomys cryophilus Musser 1964 View in CoL

Megadontomys cryophilus Musser 1964 View in CoL , Occas. Pap. Mus . Zool., Univ. Michigan, 636: 13.

Type Locality: México, Oaxaca, Distrito de Ixtlán, 13 mi (21 km) NE Llano de las Flores, south slope Cerro Pelón, 9200 ft (2804 m).

Vernacular Names: Oaxacan Big-toothed Deermouse.

Distribution: Cloud and pine-oak forests in highlands of N Oaxaca, México.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Named as a subspecies of Peromyscus thomasi . Citing morphological traits and genetic differentiation reported by Werbitsky and Kilpatrick (1987), Carleton (1989) arranged cryophilus as a species. Recent elevational surveys by Briones-Salas et al. (2001) in the Sierra Mazteza and Sánchez-Cordero (2001) in the Sierra Mixteca amplify the geographic occurrence of this species in Oaxaca.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Megadontomys

Loc

Megadontomys cryophilus Musser 1964

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Megadontomys cryophilus

Musser 1964: 13
1964
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