. Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Mice; Peromyscus. (H(i\sili( ittion 05. Fig. 13. 1, P. banderanus; 2, P. simulatus; 3, P. lepturiis and P. ixtlani; 4, P. lophiirus: 5, P. floridanits. Peromyscus. All of the populations represented by these names inhabit the wet subtropical belt on the mountains of eastern and southern Mexico and western Central America. Each is known from few localities, simulatus in central Veracruz, lepturus in north- ern Oaxaca, and lophurus in southeastern Mexico and parts of Guatemala and El Salvador (Fig. 13). In external and cranial morphology, lophurus and lepturus
. Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Mice; Peromyscus. (H(i\sili( ittion 05. Fig. 13. 1, P. banderanus; 2, P. simulatus; 3, P. lepturiis and P. ixtlani; 4, P. lophiirus: 5, P. floridanits. Peromyscus. All of the populations represented by these names inhabit the wet subtropical belt on the mountains of eastern and southern Mexico and western Central America. Each is known from few localities, simulatus in central Veracruz, lepturus in north- ern Oaxaca, and lophurus in southeastern Mexico and parts of Guatemala and El Salvador (Fig. 13). In external and cranial morphology, lophurus and lepturus are unlike any other species in the genus save possibly the other forms which are here tentatively included in the subgenus Habromys. In anatomy of the glans penis lophurus and lepturus are quite different from all species with which they have been associated in the past. On the basis of the peculiar external and cranial charac- ters and particularly of the unique glandes of these forms, Hooper and Musser (1964t') suggested that the forms be grouped in a ne^v subgenus, Habromys. They appear to be relict taxa, which jointly may date to an early stage in the evolution of the genus. If Osgood's interpretation of his data is correct, simulatus also fits with lophurus and lepturus. The populations of these three, all inadequately known, form a geographic sequence in the stibtropical wet belt on the mountains extending from Veracruz, Mexico, southward to Honduras. Their characters and distribution patterns suggest that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original King, John Arthur, 1921-. [Stillwater, Okla. ] American Society of Mammalogist
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