Peromyscus guardia mejiae Burt, 1932:181
Mejía deer mouse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Álvarez-Castañeda, 2024; Álvarez-Castañeda et al., 2025)
Last record: 1960's or later
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) [as a species]
Distribution & Habitat
Mejía Island, Gulf of California, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Burt, William Henry. (1932). Description of heretofore unknown mammals from islands in the Gulf of California, México. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(16): 161-182.
Other references:
Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2024). Mammals of North America - Volume 2: Systematics and Taxonomy. Springer.
Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. and Vázquez, E. (2008). Peromyscus guardia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 21 October 2012.
Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Lacher, T. and Vázquez, E. (2018). Peromyscus guardia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T16664A22359973. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T16664A22359973.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul and Ortega-Rubio, Alfredo. (2003). Current status of rodents on islands in the Gulf of California. Biological Conservation 109(2): 157-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00121-0
Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Vázquez, E. and Hurtado Materon, M. A. (2025). Peromyscus guardia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T16664A276938034. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T16664A276938034.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Banks, R. C. (1964). Birds and mammals of the voyage of the "Gringa". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 13: 177-184. [relevant reference?]
Lawlor, T. E. (1971). Distribution and relationships of six species of Peromyscus in Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. Occasional Papers Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 66: 1-22. [relevant reference?]
Mellink, E. (1992a). The status of Neotoma anthonyi (Rodentia, Muridae, Cricetinae) of Todos Santos Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 91: 137-140.
Mellink, E. (1992b). Status de los heteromidos y cricétidos endémicos del estado de Baja California. Comunicaciones académicas, serie ecologia, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y de Educación Superior de Ensenada.
Mellink, E., Ceballos, G. and Luevano, J. (2002). Population demise and extinction threat of the Angel de la Guarda deer mouse (Peromyscus guardia). Biological Conservation 108: 107-111.
Mellink, E. and Luévano, J. (2014). Mammals of Mexico.In: Ceballos, G. (ed.), John Hopkins University Press.
Rios, E. and Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T. (2011). Peromyscus guardia (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 43(885):172-176.
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