Two new species of Peromyscus (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from the Transverse Volcanic Belt of Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Specimens of the Peromyscus boylii species group distributed in the western and northeastern montane regions of Michoacán, México, historically have been assigned to P. levipes. Previous studies indicated that these specimens possessed mitochondrial DNA haplotypes that were distinct from both P. levipes and P. kilpatricki, a recently named species in the P. boylii species group from northeastern Michoacán and western Morelos. Herein karyotypic, DNA sequence, and morphological data were analyzed from those populations to evaluate their taxonomic affinity. Karyotypic data indicated that individuals from western Michoacán (Dos Aguas and Aguililla) and from a newly discovered population in northeastern Michoacán (Zinapécuaro) were chromosomally similar to

SUBMITTER: Bradley RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996035 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature