Black-wristed deer mouse
Species of rodent
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The black-wristed deer mouse (Peromyscus melanocarpus) 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 native to Sierras de Zempoaltépec, Juárez and Mazteca, sub-ranges of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in southern Mexico, between 1,500 and 2,500 meters elevation.[1]
| Black-wristed deer mouse | |
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| P. melanocarpus in Oaxaca, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. melanocarpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus melanocarpus Osgood, 1904 | |
