Chihuahuan mouse

The Chihuahuan mouse (Peromyscus polius) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

Chihuahuan mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. polius
Binomial name
Peromyscus polius
Osgood, 1904

It is found only in Mexico.

References

  1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). "Peromyscus polius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16686A6289329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16686A6289329.en.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Peromyscus polius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • 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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