Burt's deer mouse

Burt's deer mouse
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. caniceps
Binomial name
Peromyscus caniceps Burt, 1932

Burt's deer mouse or Burt's deermouse (Peromyscus caniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. ^[2] It is a species of the genus Peromyscus , a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on Montserrat Island off the east coast of Baja California Sur. The species is threatened by predation by feral cats. ^[1]

References

1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2018). "Peromyscus caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T16655A22361697. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T16655A22361697.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1065. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.