Habromys schmidlyi

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Schmidly's deer mouse

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Habromys
Species:
H. schmidlyi
Binomial name
Habromys schmidlyi
Romo-Vázquez, León-Paniagua & Sánchez, 2005

Habromys schmidlyi, sometimes known as Schmidly's deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is cloud forest in the Sierra de Taxco, on the border of Guerrero and Mexico states, above 1,800 meters elevation.

The name "Schmidly's deer mouse" is ambiguous, as it is shared by another species, Peromyscus schmidlyi.

References