Cactus mouse

Cactus Mouse
Conservation status
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)

The Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.