Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Baja Mouse, Cactus Mouse
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Peromyscini
()
- Genus:
Peromyscus
()
- Gloger, 1841
- Specific name:
eremicus
- Subspecies:
eremicus
- Scientific name: - Peromyscus eremicus eremicus
- Subspecies:
eremicus
- Specific name:
eremicus
- Genus:
Peromyscus
(
- Tribe:
Peromyscini
(
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Peromyscus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 97 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. attwateri (Texas Deermouse) · P. aztecus (Aztec Mouse) · P. aztecus aztecus (Aztec Mouse) · P. banderanus (Black Rockcod) · P. beatae (Orizaba Deermouse) · P. boylii (Brush Mouse) · P. boylii boylii (Brush Mouse) · P. boylii utahensis (Brush Mouse) · P. bullatus (Perote Deer Mouse) · P. californicus (California Mouse) · P. californicus californicus (California Mouse) · P. caniceps (Monserrat Island Deermouse) · P. crinitus (Canyon Mouse) · P. crinitus eremicus (Cactus Mouse) · P. dickeyi (Dickeys Deermouse) · P. difficilis (Zacatecan Deer Mouse) · P. difficilis difficilis (Zacatecan Deer Mouse) · P. eremicus (Cactus Mouse) · P. eremicus eremicus (Baja Mouse) · P. eva (Eva's Desert Mouse) · P. fraterculus (Northern Baja Deermouse) · P. furvus (Blackish Deer Mouse) · P. gossypinus (Cotton Deermouse) · P. gossypinus allapaticola (Cotton Mouse) · P. gossypinus gossypinus (Cotton Mouse) · P. gossypinus restrictus (Chadwick Beach Cotton Mouse) · P. grandis (Large Deer Mouse) · P. gratus (Merriam's Piñon Mouse) · P. gratus gratus (Merriam's Piñon Mouse) · P. guardia (Angel Island Mouse) · P. guatemalensis (Guatamalan Deer Mouse) · P. gymnotis (Naked-Eared Deer Mouse) · P. hooperi (Hooper's Deer Mouse) · P. hylocetes (Transvolcanic Deermouse) · P. interparietalis (San Lorenzo Deermouse) · P. keeni (Northwestern Deermouse) · P. leucopus (White-Footed Deermouse) · P. leucopus ammodytes (Monomoy Mouse) · P. leucopus easti (Pungo Mouse) · P. leucopus fusus (Martha's Vineyard Mouse) · P. leucopus leucopus (Deer Mouse) · P. levipes (Nimble-Footed Deer Mouse) · P. levipes levipes (Nimble-Footed Mouse) · P. madrensis (Tres Marias Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus (Anacapa Island Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus anacapae (Anacapa Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus clementis (San Clemente Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus nebrascensis (Deer Mouse) · P. mayensis (Mayan Deer Mouse) · P. megalops (Broad-Faced Deer Mouse) · P. mekisturus (Puebla Deer Mouse) · P. melanocarpus (Black-Wristed Deer Mouse) · P. melanophrys (Plateau Deer Mouse) · P. melanophrys melanophrys (Plateau Mouse) · P. melanotis (Black-Eared Mouse) · P. melanurus (Black-Tailed Deer Mouse) · P. merriami (Merriam's Mouse) · P. mexicanus (Mexican Deer Mouse) · P. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Deer Mouse) · P. nasutus (Northern Rock Mouse) · P. nasutus nasutus (Northern Rock Mouse) · P. ochraventer (El Carrizo Deer Mouse) · P. oreas (Columbian Mouse) · P. pectoralis (White-Ankled Mouse) · P. pectoralis pectoralis (White-Ankled Mouse) · P. pembertoni (Pemberton's Deer Mouse) · P. perfulvus (Tawny Deer Mouse) · P. polionotus (Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus allophrys (Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus ammobates (Alabama Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus decoloratus (Pallid Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus leucocephalus (Santa Rosa Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus niveiventris (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus peninsularis (St Andrews Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus phasma (Anastasia Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus polionotus (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus subgriseus (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus trissyllepsis (Perdido Key Beach Mouse) · P. polius (Chihuahuan Deer Mouse) · P. pseudocrinitus (Coronados Deer Mouse) · P. sagax (Michoacan Deer Mouse) · P. schmidlyi (Schmidly's Deer Mouse) · P. sejugis (Santa Cruz Mouse) · P. simulus (Nayarit Deer Mouse) · P. sitkensis (Sitka Mouse) · P. slevini (Catalina Deer Mouse) · P. spicilegus (Gleaning Deer Mouse) · P. spicilegus spicilegus (Gleaning Mouse) · P. stephani (San Esteban Deermouse) · P. stirtoni (Stirton's Deer Mouse) · P. truei (Piñon Mouse) · P. truei comanche (Palo Duro Mouse) · P. truei truei (Pinyon Mouse) · P. winkelmanni (Coalcolman Deer Mouse) · P. yucatanicus (Yucatan Deer Mouse) · P. zarhynchus (Chiapan Deer Mouse)
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Further Reading
- A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 310.
- Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 111, p. 50.
- An account of the birds and mammals of the San Jacinto area of southern California with remarks upon the behavior of geographic races on the margins of their habitats by J. Grinnell and H.S. Swarth. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1913. url p. 335.
- An account of the mammals and birds of the lower Colorado Valley: with especial reference to the distributional problems presented / by Joseph Grinnell. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1914. url p. 217, p. 229, p. 65, p. 90.
- Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia) / Edited by John A. King. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1968. url p. 462.
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 1 1960 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 11, p. 24, p. 5, p. 9.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 469, p. 537, p. 839.
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 126.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 71 1931 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 262.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 101, p. 102, p. 103, p. 104, p. 77, p. 81, p. 83.
- Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 583, p. 583, p. 592, p. 592.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 159.
- Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 310.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 110.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 117, p. 155, p. 156, p. 310, p. 346, p. 362, p. 50.
- Readings in mammalogy / selected from the original literature and introduced with comments by J. Knox Jones, Jr., and Sydney Anderson. [Lawrence, Kans.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1970. url p. 390.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 327.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 40 1980 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 343.
- The mammals of the Huachua Mountains, southeastern Arizona Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1954. url p. 122.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1964 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 125, p. 361, p. 391, p. 416.
- University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 101, p. 217, p. 229, p. 318, p. 319, p. 335, p. 80, p. 82, p. 90.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 1956 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 162, fig. 44, page 258, p. 26, p. 305, fig. 48, page 306, p. 368, p. 529, p. 554.
- Voyage of the 'Albatross' to the Gulf of California in 1911. New York, 1916. url p. 126.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6720352
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF03012
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 153561
Footnotes
- Mean = 884.780 meters (2,902.822 feet), Standard Deviation = 585.470 based on 1,071 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
