The Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The species is found in Mexico and Guatemala; an example habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan.

Yucatan deer mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. yucatanicus
Binomial name
Peromyscus yucatanicus
J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897

References

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  1. ^ de Grammont, P.C.; Cuarón, A. (2016). "Peromyscus yucatanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16696A22362477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16696A22362477.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • G.G.Musser 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.
  • World Wildlife Fund. (2010). Petenes mangroves. eds. Mark McGinley, C.Michael Hogan & C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC