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Chiapan deer mouse

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Peromyscus

Higher classification
  
Peromyscus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Peromyscus zarhynchus

Rank
  
Species

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The Chiapan deer mouse (Peromyscus zarhynchus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

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Distribution and habitat

The Chiapan deer mouse is endemic to central and southeast Chiapas, México. The species occurs in wet highland cloud and pine-oak forest, where it inhabits forest stages ranging from mature forest to cutover areas at elevations between 1,400 m and 2,900 m. Below 2,200 m it only occurs in tall mature forests. Possible specimens from Guatemala have not yet been confirmed.

Conservation

The Chiapan deer mouse is categorized as Vulnerable by the IUCN as suitable habitat in its restricted range is estimated to have shrunk by more than 50% in the last 30 years.

References

Chiapan deer mouse Wikipedia