Nelson's giant deer mouse

Nelson's giant deer mouse
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Megadontomys
Species:	M. nelsoni
Binomial name
Megadontomys nelsoni (Merriam, 1898)

Nelson's giant deer mouse (Megadontomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

References

1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; de Grammont, P.C. (2018). "Megadontomys nelsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T12941A22353381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12941A22353381.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

• 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.