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Peromyscus fraterculus (Northern Baja deermouse)

Synonyms: Peromyscus eremicus propinquus; Peromyscus homochroia; Sitomys herroni; Sitomys herroni nigellus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Northern Baja deermouse (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.
View Wikipedia Record: Peromyscus fraterculus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  22 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  4 months 9 days
Gestation [1]  26 days
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0