Mesquite mouse

Mesquite mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species group:	P. eremicus
Species:	P. merriami
Binomial name
*Peromyscus merriami* Mearns, 1896

The mesquite mouse (Peromyscus merriami) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae found in Mexico and in Arizona in the United States.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). "Peromyscus merriami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

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.

Extant species of subfamily Neotominae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae

Baiomys (Pygmy Mice)	Southern Pygmy Mouse (B. musculus) Northern Pygmy Mouse (B. taylori)

Scotinomys (Brown Mice)	Alston's Brown Mouse (S. teguina) Chiriqui Brown Mouse (S. xerampelinus)

Neotomini

Neotoma (Pack Rats)	Subgenus Neotoma: White-throated Woodrat (N. albigula) Tamaulipan Woodrat (N. angustapalata) Bryant's Woodrat (N. bryanti) Nicaraguan Woodrat (N. chrysomelas) Arizona Woodrat (N. devia) Florida Woodrat (N. floridana ) Goldman's Woodrat (N. goldmani) Desert Woodrat (N. lepida ) White-toothed Woodrat (N. leucodon) Big-eared Woodrat (N. macrotis) Allegheny Woodrat (N. magister) Mexican Woodrat (N. mexicana) Southern Plains Woodrat (N. micropus) Nelson's Woodrat (N. nelsoni) Bolaños Woodrat(N. palatina) Stephen's Woodrat (N. stephensi) Subgenus Teanopus: Sonoran Woodrat (N. phenax) Subgenus Teonoma: Bushy-tailed Woodrat (N. cinerea) Dusky-footed Woodrat (N. fuscipes)

Xenomys	Magdalena Rat (X. nelsoni)

Hodomys	Allen's Wood Rat (H. alleni)

Nelsonia (Diminutive Woodrats)	Goldman's Diminutive Woodrat (N. goldmani) Diminutive Woodrat (N. neotomodon)

Ochrotomys	Golden Mouse (O. nuttalli)

Reithrodontomyini

Peromyscus (Deer Mice)	californicus group: California Mouse (P. californicus) eremicus group: Cactus Mouse (P. eremicus) Angel Island Mouse (P. guardia) San Lorenzo Mouse (P. interparietalis) Dickey's Deer Mouse (P. dickeyi) False Canyon Mouse (P. pseudocrinitus) Eva's Desert Mouse (P. eva) Burt's Deer Mouse (P. caniceps) Mesquite Mouse (P. merriami) hooperi group: Hooper's Mouse (P. hooperi) crinitus group: Canyon Mouse (P. crinitus) maniculatus group: Deer Mouse (P. maniculatus) Oldfield mouse (P. polionotus) Santa Cruz Mouse (P. sejugis) Northwestern Deer Mouse (P. keeni) Black-Eared Mouse (P. melanotis) Slevins's Mouse (P. slevini) leucopus group: White-footed Mouse (P. leucopus) Cotton Mouse (P. gossypinus) aztecus group: Aztec Mouse (P. aztecus) Gleaning Mouse (P. spicilegus) Winkelmann's Mouse (P. winkelmanni) boylii group: Brush Mouse (P. boylii) Nimble-Footed Mouse (P. levipes) Schmidly's Deer Mouse (P. schmidlyi) San Esteban Island Mouse (P. stephani) Texas Mouse (P. attwateri) Nayarit Mouse (P. simulus) Tres Marias Island Mouse (P. madrensis) White-Ankled Mouse (P. pectoralis) Chihuahuan Mouse (P. polius) truei group: Pinyon Mouse (P. truei) Osgood's Mouse (P. gratus) Perote Mouse (P. bullatus) Zacatecan Deer Mouse (P. difficilis) Northern Rock Mouse (P. nasutus) melanophrys group: Plateau Mouse (P. melanophrys) Marsh Mouse (P. perfulvus) Puebla Deer Mouse (P. mekisturus) furvus group: Blackish Deer Mouse (P. furvus) El Carrizo Deer Mouse (P. ochraventer) Maya Mouse (P. mayensis) megalops group: Brown Deer Mouse (P. megalops) Black-Tailed Mouse (P. melanurus) Zempoaltepec (P. melanocarpus) mexicanus group: Mexican Deer Mouse (P. mexicanus) Naked-Eared Deer Mouse (P. gymnotis) Guatemalan Deer Mouse (P. guatemalensis) Chiapan Deer Mouse (P. zarhynchus) Big Deer Mouse (P. grandis) Yucatan Deer Mouse (P. yucatanicus) Stirton's Deer Mouse (P. stirtoni)

Reithrodontomys (New World Harvest Mice)	Guerrero Harvest Mouse (R. bakeri) Short-nosed Harvest Mouse (R. brevirostris) Sonoran Harvest Mouse (R. burti) Volcano Harvest Mouse (R. chrysopsis) Chiriqui Harvest Mouse (R. creper) Darien Harvest Mouse (R. darienensis) Fulvous Harvest Mouse (R. fulvescens) Slender Harvest Mouse (R. gracilis) Hairy Harvest Mouse (R. hirsutus) Eastern Harvest Mouse (R. humulis) Western Harvest Mouse (R. megalotis) Mexican Harvest Mouse (R. mexicanus) Small-Toothed Harvest Mouse (R. microdon) Plains Harvest Mouse (R. montanus) R. musseri Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse (R. paradoxus) Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (R. raviventris) Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse (R. rodriguezi) Cozumel Harvest Mouse (R. spectabilis) Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse (R. sumichrasti) Narrow-Nosed Harvest Mouse (R. tenuirostris) Zacatecas Harvest Mouse (R. zacatecae)

Onychomys (Grasshopper Mice)	Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse (O. arenicola) Northern Grasshopper Mouse (O. leucogaster) Southern Grasshopper Mouse (O. torridus)

Neotomodon	Mexican Volcano Mouse (N. alstoni)

Podomys	Florida mouse (P. floridanus)

Isthmomys (Isthmus Rats)	Yellow Isthmus Rat (I. flavidus) Mount Pirri Isthmus Rat (I. pirrensis)

Megadontomys (Giant Deer Mice)	Oaxaca Giant Deer Mouse (M. cryophilus) Nelson's Giant Deer Mouse (M. nelsoni) Thomas's Giant Deer Mouse (M. thomasi)

Habromys (Deer Mice)	Chinanteco Deermouse (H. chinanteco) Delicate Deermouse (H. delicatulus) Ixtlán Deermouse (H. ixtlani) Zempoaltepec deermouse (H. lepturus) Crested-tailed Deermouse (H. lophurus) H. schmidlyi Jico Deermouse (H. simulatus)

Osgoodomys	Michoacan Deer Mouse (O. banderanus)