Cactus mouse
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| Cactus mouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species group: | P. eremicus |
| Species: | P. eremicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus eremicus (Baird, 1858) |
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The Cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States.[2] The coloring of the Cactus mouse is a pale gray on the top and white around the stomach. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Peromyscus eremicus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 September 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ 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.
- ^ [1] Mission Trails Regional Park Online. 2012.
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