Peromyscus pembertoni

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Peromyscus pembertoni

Species Authority:

Burt, 1932

Common Name/s:

English

–

Pemberton's Deer Mouse

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J.

Evaluator/s:

McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because the species has not been recorded since 1931.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality in Sonora, San Pedro Nolasco Island (27°58’N, 111°24’W), México (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Mexico

Population [top]

Population:	This species is extinct.

Population:

This species is extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is poorly known. San Pedro Nolasco is the only island in the Gulf that supported 2 species of Peromyscus (P. pembertoni and P. boylii glasselli). No other mammals occurred on the island. P. pembertoni was collected on a steep, grass-covered hillside on the east side of the island (Burt 1938 in Alvarez-Castañeda and Calva 2003). Dominant plants are: elephant tree/torote (Bursera microphylla), pitayita (Echinocereus websterianus), liga (Euphorbia magdalenae), Adam’s tree/palo adan (Fouquieria diguetii), leatherplant/matacora (Jatropha cuneata), biznaguita/fishhook cactus (Mammillaria multidigitata, M. tayloriorum), malva rosa (Melochia tomentosa), chain-fruit cholla/cholla (Opuntia fulgida var. fulgida), cardon (Pachycereus pringlei), slipper plant/candelilla (Pedilanthus macrocarpus), jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), and pitaya dulce/organpipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) (Alvarez-Castañeda and Calva 2003).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is poorly known. San Pedro Nolasco is the only island in the Gulf that supported 2 species of Peromyscus (P. pembertoni and P. boylii glasselli). No other mammals occurred on the island.

P. pembertoni was collected on a steep, grass-covered hillside on the east side of the island (Burt 1938 in Alvarez-Castañeda and Calva 2003). Dominant plants are: elephant tree/torote (Bursera microphylla), pitayita (Echinocereus websterianus), liga (Euphorbia magdalenae), Adam’s tree/palo adan (Fouquieria diguetii), leatherplant/matacora (Jatropha cuneata), biznaguita/fishhook cactus (Mammillaria multidigitata, M. tayloriorum), malva rosa (Melochia tomentosa), chain-fruit cholla/cholla (Opuntia fulgida var. fulgida), cardon (Pachycereus pringlei), slipper plant/candelilla (Pedilanthus macrocarpus), jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), and pitaya dulce/organpipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) (Alvarez-Castañeda and Calva 2003).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2008. Peromyscus pembertoni. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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