Peromyscus 1166759 216214840 2008-05-31T17:00:18Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pt:Peromyscus]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Peromyscus'' | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] - Recent | image = Peromyscus_maniculatus.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Peromyscus maniculatus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | superfamilia = [[Muroidea]] | familia = [[Cricetidae]] | subfamilia = [[Neotominae]] | genus = '''''Peromyscus''''' | genus_authority = [[Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger|Gloger]], 1841 | subdivision_ranks = [[species]] | subdivision = See text. }} The genus '''''Peromyscus''''' contains species commonly referred to as '''deer mice.''' This is a genus of [[New World mouse]] only distantly related to the common house mouse, ''[[Mus musculus]]''. The most common species of deer mouse in the continental [[United States]] are two closely related species, ''[[Peromyscus maniculatus|P. maniculatus]]'', and ''[[Peromyscus leucopus|P. leucopus]]''. In the USA, ''Peromyscus'' is also the most populous [[mammal]]ian [[species]] overall.[http://www.sc.edu/research/pdf/Bioengineering.pdf] The genus ''Peromyscus'' has been an important model in the studies of [[phylogeography]], [[speciation]], [[chromosome]]s, [[genetics]], and [[evolution]] in general. In recent years, it has become notorious in the western [[United States]] as a carrier of the [[hantavirus]]. There is a different [[mammal]] by the name of "[[Mouse Deer]]," a relatively primitive [[ungulate]] of minuscule size. The deer mouse is common in the American Southwest, particularly in [[New Mexico]], where the species is known to carry Hantavirus. ==Species== *'''''Peromyscus''''' **''californicus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus californicus]] **''eremicus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus eremicus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus guardia]]'' - possibly extinct ****''Peromyscus guardia guardia'' - last seen 1991 ****''Peromyscus guardia mejiae'' - extinct (1973) ****''Peromyscus guardia harbisoni'' - extinct (1963) ****''Peromyscus guardia'' subsp. indet. from Estanque Island - extinct (1998) ***''[[Peromyscus interparietalis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus dickeyi]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus pseudocrinitus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus eva]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus caniceps]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus merriami]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus pembertoni]]'' - extinct (1931) **''hooperi'' group ***''[[Peromyscus hooperi]]'' **''crinitus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus crinitus]]'' **''maniculatus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus maniculatus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus polionotus]]'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus allophrys'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus ammobates'' ****''[[Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus]]'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis'' ****''[[Anastasia Island Beach Mouse|Peromyscus polionotus phasma]]'' ****''Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis'' ***''[[Peromyscus sejugis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus oreas]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus sitkensis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus melanotis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus slevini]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus nesodytes]]'' **''leucopus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus leucopus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus gossypinus]]'' **''aztecus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus aztecus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus spicilegus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus winkelmanni]]'' **''boylii'' group ***''[[Peromyscus boylii]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus levipes]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus schmidlyi]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus stephani]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus attwateri]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus simulus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus madrensis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus pectoralis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus polius]]'' **''truei'' group ***''[[Peromyscus truei]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus gratus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus bullatus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus difficilis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus nasutus]]'' **''melanophrys'' group ***''[[Peromyscus melanophrys]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus perfulvus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus mekisturus]]'' **''furvus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus furvus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus ochraventer]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus mayensis]]'' **''megalops'' group ***''[[Peromyscus megalops]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus melanurus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus melanocarpus]]'' **''mexicanus'' group ***''[[Peromyscus mexicanus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus gymnotis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus guatemalensis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus zarhynchus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus grandis]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus yucatanicus]]'' ***''[[Peromyscus stirtoni]]'' ==External links== *[http://www.sankey.ws/peromyscus.html The song of the deer mouse] *[http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/ Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center (University of South Carolina)] *[http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/factsheet/hanta.htm Hantavirus Fact Sheet] *[http://flickr.com/photos/peromhc/sets/72157604973585866/ Peromyscus Photos] [[Category:Neotominae]] [[fr:Peromyscus]] [[lt:Baltakojai žiurkėnukai]] [[pt:Peromyscus]]