HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Megadontomys
SPECIES Megadontomys nelsoni
Author: | Merriam, 1898. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 116. | Common Name: | Nelson’s Big-toothed Deermouse | Type Locality: | México, Veracruz, Jico, 6000 ft (1830 m). | Distribution: | E slopes of Sierra Madre Oriental, from SE Hidalgo to C Veracruz, México. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Relegated to a subspecies of Peromyscus thomasi by Musser (1964); reinstated to species rank by Carleton (1989). |
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