Chinanteco deer mouse
Species of rodent
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The Chinanteco deer mouse (Habromys chinanteco) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico.
| Chinanteco deer mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Habromys |
| Species: | H. chinanteco |
| Binomial name | |
| Habromys chinanteco (Robertson & Musser, 1976) | |
This species is known to live in only one location, on Cerro Pelón in the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, between 2,080 and 2,650 meters elevation.[1]