Zempoaltepec deer mouse

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The Zempoaltepec deer mouse (Habromys lepturus) also known as the slender-tailed deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

Zempoaltepec deer mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Habromys
Species:
H. lepturus
Binomial name
Habromys lepturus
(Merriam, 1898)

It is endemic to southeastern Mexico, at one locality on Cerro Zempoaltepec above 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in Oaxaca state.

References

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  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Vázquez, E. (2018). "Habromys lepturus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9609A22376889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T9609A22376889.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.