Yucatan deer mouse

Yucatan deer mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species group: P. mexicanus
Species: P. yucatanicus
Binomial name
Peromyscus yucatanicus
J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897

The Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The species is found in Mexico and Guatemala; an example habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan.

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