Naked-eared deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Genus: | Peromyscus |
Species: | P. gymnotis |
Binomial name | |
Peromyscus gymnotis Thomas, 1894 |
The naked-eared deer mouse or naked-eared deermouse (Peromyscus gymnotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus , a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is found along the Pacific-slope piedmont in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.