Brown deer mouse

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Brown deer mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. megalops
Binomial name
Peromyscus megalops
Merriam, 1898

The brown deer mouse (Peromyscus megalops) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico.

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References

  1. Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Peromyscus megalops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T16674A115136745. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16674A22363250.en .