Peromyscus
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{{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]
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