Peromyscus maniculatus rufinus

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• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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 taxonomic and evolutionary study of the piñon mouse, Peromyscus truei. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1951. url p. 87.
• Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia) / Edited by John A. King. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1968. url p. 146, p. 249.
• Essays in the natural sciences in honor of Captain Allan Hancock, on occasion of his birthday, July 26, 1955. Los AngelesUniversity of Southern California Press[1955] url p. 244.
• Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians, by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1914. url p. 20.
• Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. url p. 50.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 146.
• Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url p. 197, p. 201, p. 403, p. 411.
• 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. 567, p. 567, p. 568, p. 568.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 103, p. 44, p. 47, p. 48.
• Photoperiodism and related phenomena in plants and animals; proceedings, edited by Robert B. Withrow, with the cooperation of Arthur C. Giese [and others]. Washington, 1959. url p. 882.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 207.
• Siphonaptera from Central America and Mexico; a morphologyical study of the aedeagus, with descriptions of new genera and species. 1 1950 Chicago, Natural History Museum, 1950. url p. 31.
• The University of Colorado studies. Boulder, University of Colorado. url p. 144.
• The mammals of the Huachua Mountains, southeastern Arizona Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1954. url p. 117, p. 15, p. 42.
• The small mammals of Colorado, by Edward Royal Warren. [Denver]: The Colorado mountain club, 1921. url p. 14.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 6 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 26, p. 307, p. 311, p. 314, p. 411, p. 49.
• Zoology of Colorado, by Theodore D.A. Cockerell. .. Boulder, Col., University of Colorado, 1927. url p. 37.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.

Identifiers

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2287882

Footnotes

1. Mean = 2,212.650 meters (7,259.350 feet), Standard Deviation = 709.750 based on 452 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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