Authority citation: Goodwin, G.G. 1932-09-16. Three new Reithrodontomys and two new Peromyscus from Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 560:1-5.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170089
Original name as described: Peromyscus guatemalensis tropicalis
Nominal names: tropicalis G. G. Goodwin, 1932
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Neotominae -- Tribe: Peromyscini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: AMNH M-79233
Type locality: Chimoxan, about 40 mi (= 64 km) NE Cobán, Alta Verapaz, 1500 ft (= 457 m), Guatemala.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Guatemala (GTM) | Belize (BLZ)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from P. mexicanus
Citation: Pérez-Consuegra SG, Vázquez-Domínguez E (2015) Mitochondrial diversification of the Peromyscus mexicanus group in Mesoamerica: taxonomical and biogeographical implications. J Zool Syst Evol Res 53:300–311.|Pérez-Consuegra SG and Vázquez-Domínguez E (2016) Intricate evolutionary histories in montane species: a phylogenetic window into craniodental discrimination in the Peromyscus mexicanus species group (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae). J Zool Syst Evol Res 55:57–72.
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