Peromyscus difficilis (rodent)

Mass: 28.6 g based on Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010

Abundance: 0.22 to 15.62% (median 5.75%)

Latitudinal range: 19.5° to 40.6°

Habitats: (1), desert/xeric shrubland (4), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (2)

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Found in 8 samples

Mexico: Matancillas, La Campana, La Huerta, Cerro Potosí (Quadrat C), Libres-Oriental Valley (natural vegetation)

United States: Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Bayard Allotment (untreated woodland), Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass28.6 gN = 6Elizalde-Arellano et al. 2010
ear length21.8 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length19.7 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length18.9 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length21.4 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length21.6 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length21.4 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
ear length21.5 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length25.9 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length23.0 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length22.7 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length23.4 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length23.7 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length24.9 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
hind foot length26.8 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length28.9 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length29.2 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length28.7 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length30.0 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length29.3 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length30.3 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
skull length31.1 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length119.3 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length104.0 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length101.9 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length115.5 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length134.7 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length122.5 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
tail length134.8 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length219.2 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length200.6 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length198.6 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length224.3 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length232.5 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length234.5 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
total body length243.8 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.6 mmN = 25Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.4 mmN = 5Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.3 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.8 mmN = 7Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.5 mmN = 9Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.9 mmN = 8Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961
upper tooth row length4.8 mmN = 6Hoffmeister and de la Torre 1961

See also Peromyscus, Peromyscus aztecus, Peromyscus beatae, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus crinitus, Peromyscus eremicus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus grandis, Peromyscus gratus, Peromyscus guatemalensis, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus levipes, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus melanophrys, Peromyscus melanotis, Peromyscus mexicanus, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus perfulvus, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus progressus, Peromyscus sarmocophinus, Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus spp., Peromyscus truei, Peromyscus yucatanicus