Black-wristed deer mouse
The black-wristed deer mouse (Peromyscus melanocarpus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Sierras de Zempoaltépec, Juárez, and Mazteca, sub-ranges of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in southern Mexico, between 1,500 and 2,500 meters elevation.[1]
| Black-wristed deer mouse | |
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| P. melanocarpus in Oaxaca, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. melanocarpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus melanocarpus Osgood, 1904 | |
References
- Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; de Grammont, P.C. (2018). "Peromyscus melanocarpus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T16676A22363072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T16676A22363072.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- 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.
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