Northern_Baja_deer_mouse

Northern Baja deer mouse

Northern Baja deer mouse

Species of rodent

The Northern Baja deer mouse (Peromyscus fraterculus) is a species of deer mouse native to Southern California and the Baja California peninsula as well as several islands in the Gulf of California. P. fraterculus was previously considered a subspecies of the cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) prior to a 2000 study which identified genetic differences and suggested P. fraterculus is more closely related to Eva's desert mouse (P. eva) than to P. eremicus.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Lacher, T (2008). "Peromyscus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. [2]
    Riddle, Brett R.; Hafner, David J.; Alexander, Lois F. (2000). "Phylogeography and systematics of the Peromyscus eremicus species group and the historical biogeography of North American warm regional deserts" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17 (2): 145–160. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0841. PMID 11083930.


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