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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Peromyscus megalops

Accepted taxon: Peromyscus megalops


Accepted taxon: Peromyscus megalops
Taxon: Peromyscus megalops
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: RODENTIA | MYOMORPHA | Muroidea | Cricetidae | Neotominae | Peromyscus
Reference: Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Peromyscus megalops.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]


Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Peromyscus megalops.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore-Omnivore Insectivore-Omnivore Victor SÃ…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Victor SÃ…
Hypsodonty 1 = brachydont 1 = brachydont Carleton,…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Peromyscus megalops.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) nan g - - - - 66 - 71 - Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Peromyscus megalops.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 2 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 5 5 - - - 91 - - Genoud, M…

b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Peromyscus megalops.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Peromyscus megalops SÁnchez‐Cordero,V. Í., 2008, Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico, Global Ecology and Biogeography 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus megalops Carleton,M. D., 1980, Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine-peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy within New World Cricetinae, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus megalops McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus megalops Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Peromyscus megalops Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2025. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Peromyscus megalops , Accessed 9th May 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/8578]