Peromyscus salvadorensis

Peromyscus salvadorensis (Dickey 1928) Distribution. Lempira Department (Fig. 5). Ecoregions and elevation. Central American montane forests (1430–2870 m a. s. l.). Comments. Another species within the P. mexicanus group in Honduras is P. salvadorensis (Pérez-Consuegra and Vázquez-Domínguez 2015, 2016). Recent research indicates the presence of two lineages in the country: “ lineage M ” and “ lineage L ”, both displaying cryptic morphometric characteristics indicating a possible undescribed species (Table 3; Pérez-Consuegra and Vázquez-Domínguez 2015). According to Pérez-Consuegra and Vásquez-Domínguez (2016), however, both lineages inhabit mid to high elevations. Nevertheless, the specimens from lineages M and L reported in Pérez-Consuegra and Vásquez-Domínguez (2016), originate exclusively from the Celaque National Park in western Honduras. P. nicaraguae and P. salvadorensis may be cryptic within their distribution ranges (Pérez-Consuegra and Vásquez-Domínguez 2016); however, these species are currently considered allopatric because P. salvadorensis has only been confirmed in western Honduras, and P. nicaraguae is documented in the central-eastern region of the country.