Biology ETDs

Publication Date

1965

Abstract

Two subspecies of the deer-mouse Peromyscus manicluatus Wagner are presently recognized in New Mexico, P. M. rufinus Merriam and P. m. blandus Osgood. The present investigation supports the validity of these taxa.

A study of variation in 16 cranial and skin characters suggests that p. m. rufinus consists of a single interbreeding and relatively genetically uniform population in northern New Mexico but in southern New Mexico comprises isolated and genetically variable montane populations which seem to intergrade locally with a distinct lowland subspecies p. m. blandus, which occupies the desert plain of southern New Mexico.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

James S. Findley

Second Committee Member

William W. Johnson

Third Committee Member

Roger Y. Anderson

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