Dickey's deer mouse
| Dickey's deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. dickeyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus dickeyi Burt, 1932
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Dickey's deer mouse (Peromyscus dickeyi) is a species of
endemic to Mexico, being found only on a small island in the Gulf of California. The species is named for Donald Dickey, who sponsored the expedition that first discovered the animal.[3]
Description
Dickey's deer mouse has a large body, with a total length of about 20 cm (7.9 in), including a relatively short tail, about 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The fur is dusky over most of the body, and was described as "pinkish cinnamon" in the first formal scientific description of the species. The underparts are white, sometimes with a faint spot in the chest region. The soles of the hindfeet are hairless. Dickey's deer mouse can most easily be distinguished from its close relatives on the mainland by its unusually short tail.[3]
Biology
Dickey's deer mouse is found only on the volcanic island of
scrubland, with an area of only 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi), leaving the species highly vulnerable to extinction.[1] Little is known of its biology, although pregnant individuals have been trapped in October, and are apparently absent in May.[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ S2CID 198968525. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-09.