Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to Gloger 1841
See also Baskin 1978, Czaplewski et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schultz and Howard 1935, Seymour 2004 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eoeumys, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumys, Galushamys, Geringia, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Goniodontomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Hodomys, Ischymomys, Isthmomys, Jacobsomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Leidymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Microtoscoptes, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Nelsonia, Neofiber, Neotoma, Neotominae, Neotomini, Ochrotomys, Ogmodontomys, Onychomys, Paciculus, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paramicrotoscoptes, Paratarsomys, Paronychomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Pliotomodon, Poamys, Podomys, Postcopemys, Primoprismus, Primus, Promimomys, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pseudomyscus, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Reithrodontomys, Repomys, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Scottimus, Sigmodontinae, Sigmodontini, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Wilsoneumys, Yatkolamys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys
Subtaxa: Peromyscus antiquus Peromyscus anyapahensis Peromyscus baumgartneri Peromyscus berendsensis Peromyscus boylii Peromyscus brachygnathus Peromyscus cochrani Peromyscus complexus Peromyscus cragini Peromyscus crinitus Peromyscus cumberlandensis Peromyscus dentalis Peromyscus difficilis Peromyscus eremicus Peromyscus gossypinus Peromyscus hagermanensis Peromyscus imperfectus Peromyscus irvingtonensis Peromyscus kansasensis Peromyscus leucopus Peromyscus maniculatus Peromyscus maximus Peromyscus minimus Peromyscus nesodytes Peromyscus nosher Peromyscus parvus Peromyscus pectoralis Peromyscus polionotus Peromyscus progressus Peromyscus sarmocophinus Peromyscus truei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec collections), Mexico (6), United States (181: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (46: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (12: California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (12: California, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 262 collections including 324 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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