Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845) . Wiegmann's Archive Naturgesch., 11, 1:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Labrador, Moravian settlements .

DISTRIBUTION: S.E. Alaska and N. Canada to C. Oaxaca (Mexico), except S.E. U.S.A.

COMMENT: Includes oreas; see Hooper, 1968, in King, ed., The Biology of Peromyscus (Rodentia), p. 45. Sheppe, 1961, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 105:421-446, considered oreas a distinct species, reproductively isolated from maniculatus in most places. Relationship with sitkensis reviewed by Thomas, 1973, Cytologia, 38:485-495, and with melanotis reviewed by Bowers, 1974, J. Mammal., 55:720-737. LNC considers oreas a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008039032001.