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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Peromyscus
SPECIES Peromyscus mayensis
Author: | Carleton and Huckaby, 1975. | Citation: | J. Mammal., 56: 444. | Common Name: | Mayan Deermouse | Type Locality: | Guatemala, Huehuetenango Dept., about 7 km NW Santa Eulalia, Yaiquich, 2950 m. | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality and close vicinity, WC Guatemala. | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | P. furvus species group. Nearest specific relatives obscure; provisionally aligned with the P. furvus species group (Carleton, 1989). |
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