Texas mouse
| Texas mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species group: | P. truei |
| Species: | P. attwateri |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus attwateri J.A. Allen, 1895 | |
The Texas mouse (Peromyscus attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States.[1]
This species is named in honor of Henry Philemon Attwater.
References
- 1 2 Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Peromyscus attwateri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 August 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- 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.
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