Naked-eared deer mouse

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Naked-eared deer mouse
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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.

References

  1. Vázquez, E.; Reid, F. (2016). "Peromyscus gymnotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T16666A22361063. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16666A22361063.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.