Transvolcanic deer mouse

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Transvolcanic deer mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. hylocetes
Binomial name
Peromyscus hylocetes
Merriam, 1898

The transvolcanic deer mouse or transvolcanic deermouse (Peromyscus hylocetes) 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 endemic to Mexico.

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Habitat

The Transvolcanic deer mouse is found from west central Jalisco eastwards to Mexico City and north Morelos in Mexico. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vázquez, E (2016). "Peromyscus hylocetes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136416A22361620. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136416A22361620.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Transvolcanic Deermouse". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2014-05-08.