Chiapan deer mouse
Species of rodent
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The Chiapan deer mouse or Chiapan deermouse (Peromyscus zarhynchus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is endemic to Mexico.
| Chiapan deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. zarhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus zarhynchus Merriam, 1898 | |
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.[1]
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.[1]
