Puebla deer mouse

The Puebla deer mouse (Peromyscus mekisturus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

Puebla deer mouse

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. mekisturus
Binomial name
Peromyscus mekisturus
Merriam, 1898

References

  1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). "Peromyscus mekisturus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T16675A6274982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16675A6274982.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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