Pemberton's Deer Mouse

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Pemberton's Deer Mouse
Conservation status
Extinct  (1931) (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Muroidea Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Neotominae Genus: Peromyscus Species: P. pembertoni
Binomial name
Peromyscus pembertoni Burt, 1932

Pemberton's Deer Mouse (Peromyscus pembertoni) lived on San Pedro Nolasco Island in the Gulf of California. The last 12 specimens were collected on 26 December 1931.

[edit] External source

• Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001). A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. ISBN 0-87113-797-6. 

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Peromyscus pembertoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as extinct