Zempoaltepec deer mouse

Zempoaltepec deer mouse
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Habromys
Species: H. lepturus
Binomial name
Habromys lepturus
(Merriam, 1898)

The Zempoaltepec deer mouse (Habromys lepturus), also known as the slender-tailed deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico, only from one locality at an elevation above 2500 m on Cerro Zempoaltepec in Oaxaca.

References

  1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Habromys lepturus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 Jule 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.