Yucatan deer mouse
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| Species: | P. yucatanicus
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| Peromyscus yucatanicus J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897
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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.
References
- J.Baillie. (1996). Peromyscus yucatanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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
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