Aztec Mouse

Aztec Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species group: P. aztecus
Species: P. aztecus
Binomial name
Peromyscus aztecus
(Saussure, 1860)

The Aztec Mouse (Peromyscus aztecus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

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Habitat

Peromyscus aztecus lives in temperate and mountainous regions. It prefers to live in the limits of humid highland forests. Its habitat uses to be between 500 m and 3200 m above the ocean level. It is also found in plantations of sugar cane and coffee.[1]

Feeding habits

The Aztec mouse is mainly insectivore: it eats ants, crickets, beetles and weevils. Its diet also includes some seeds (notably from the Solanum genus) and green plant material.[1]

Distribution

The species is found in some disjunct regions: center of Veracruz, center of Guerrero, Oaxaca and east Chiapas in Mexico]]. It is also found in some regions of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.[1]

Conservation status

The Aztec mouse is not a threatened species. Its conservation status is of least concern because its large distribution, a presumed large population and its tolerance to various kinds of habitats. Since it lives in protection areas and there is no apparent threat, it is unlikely that it declines to levels of threatened species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Peromyscus aztecus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 August 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
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