Delicate deer mouse
Delicate deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Habromys |
Species: | H. delicatulus |
Binomial name | |
Habromys delicatulus Carleton, Sánchez & Urbano Vidales, 2002 | |
The delicate deer mouse (Habromys delicatulus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was first described by Michael Carlton, Oscar Sanchez and Guillermina Urbano-Vidales after being discovered in a patch of cloud forest on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The species gets its name from its small size and delicate features compared to the other species within the genus Habromys.
References
- ↑ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Habromys delicatulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 Jule 2009. Check date values in:
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(help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.
- Carleton, Sánchez & Urbano Vidales: A new species of Habromys (Muroidea: Neotominae) from México, with generic review of species definitions and remarks on diversity patterns among Mesoamerican small mammals restricted to humid montane forests.
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