Oaxaca giant deer mouse

Oaxaca giant deer mouse
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Megadontomys
Species:	M. cryophilus
Binomial name
	Megadontomys cryophilus; (Musser, 1964)

Last updated November 20, 2025

The Oaxaca giant deer mouse (Megadontomys cryophilus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

References

↑ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2018). "Megadontomys cryophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T12940A22353517. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12940A22353517.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Sources

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.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2018). "Megadontomys cryophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T12940A22353517. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12940A22353517.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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Oaxaca 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. cryophilus
Binomial name
*Megadontomys cryophilus* (Musser, 1964)