San Esteban Island mouse

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San Esteban Island mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. stephani
Binomial name
Peromyscus stephani
Townsend, 1912

The San Esteban Island mouse (Peromyscus stephani) 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 known only from San Esteban Island in the northern Gulf of California. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2018). "Peromyscus stephani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T16692A22362173. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T16692A22362173.en . Retrieved 17 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. 1078. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.


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