Definition of Peromyscus

1. Noun. New World wood mice.


Medical Definition of Peromyscus

1. A genus of the subfamily hesperomyinae consisting of 49 species. Two of these are widely used in medical research. They are p. Leucopus, or the white-footed mouse, and p. Maniculatus, or the deer mouse. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peromyscus

pero-
perofskite
perofskites
perogative
perogen
perogies
perogue
perogues
perogy
perokito
peromyscus (current term)
peronate
perone
peroneal
peroneal anastomotic ramus
peroneal artery
peroneal bone
peroneal communicating branch
peroneal communicating nerve
peroneal muscular atrophy
peroneal nerve
peroneal node
peroneal phenomenon
peroneal pulley
peroneal retinaculum

Literary usage of Peromyscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Coast of southern Oaxaca; known from two locali! only. *peromyscus ... Known only from the type locality. t*peromyscus megalops megalops Merriam ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Mr. Osgood's study of this wealth of material has resulted in a definite expression of the characters of the species and geographic forms of peromyscus, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1905)
"The mice of the genus peromyscus, so well represented in the United States ... Specimens of peromyscus, from Mexico and Guatemala alone, to the number of ..."

4. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"peromyscus texanus gambeli. GAMBEL MOUSE. Transition, Boreal, Upper and Lower ... peromyscus californicus. CALIFORNIA MOUSE. Upper and Lower Austral, ..."

5. Hantaviruses: Emerging Viral Diseases edited by J. S. Mackenzie (1999)
"Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that SNV-like hantaviruses are widely distributed in peromyscus species rodents throughout North America. ..."

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