Peromyscus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin pero (“boot”) + Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”).

Proper noun

Peromyscus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – North American deer mice, of tropical to subarctic environments in Central and North America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Cricetidae – family; Neotominae – subfamily; Peromyscini – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed deermouse) – type species; Peromyscus boylii (brush deermouse), Peromyscus californicus (California mouse), Peromyscus eremicus (cactus deermouse), Peromyscus gambelii (Gambel's deermouse), Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse), Peromyscus maniculatus (eastern deermouse), Peromyscus sonoriensis (western deermouse), Peromyscus truei (pinyon deermouse) – selected other species

References

• Peromyscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peromyscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Peromyscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Peromyscus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Peromyscus at iNaturalist
• Peromyscus at the Open Tree of Life Web Project
• Peromyscus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Peromyscus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.