Peromyscus madrensis Merriam 1898

Peromyscus madrensis Merriam, 1898. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:16. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Nayarit, Très Marfas Islands, Marfa Madre Island. DISTRIBUTION: Très Marfas Islands, Mexico. COMMENTS: Treated as a subspecies of P. boylii by Osgood (1909) but considered distinct by Carleton (1977); view...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Peromyscus
Peromyscus madrensis
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7286720
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7286720
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Summary:Peromyscus madrensis Merriam, 1898. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 12:16. TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Nayarit, Très Marfas Islands, Marfa Madre Island. DISTRIBUTION: Très Marfas Islands, Mexico. COMMENTS: Treated as a subspecies of P. boylii by Osgood (1909) but considered distinct by Carleton (1977); viewed as closely related to P. simulus by Carleton et al. (1982). Perhaps extirpated on Marfa Magdalena Island, where Rattus rattus is now abundant (Carleton et al., 1982; Wilson, 1991). P. boylii species group. Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 732, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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