Tres Marias island mouse [SEP] parent taxon
Tres Marías Island mouse
The Tres Marías island mouse or Tres Marías deer mouse ("Peromyscus madrensis") is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only on the Islas Marías off the west coast of Mexico (part of the state of Nayarit). When last assessed, it was common on María Cleofás Island, but rare or absent on the other, more disturbed, islands.
Description.
The Tres Marías Island mouse is the size of a small rat, with a head and
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- Tres Marias island mouse – "P. madrensis"
- White-ankled mouse – "P. pectoralis"
- Chihuahuan mouse – "P. polius"
- "truei" group
- Perote mouse – "P. bullatus"
- Zacatecan deermouse, or southern rock deermouse – "P. difficilis"
- Osgood's mouse – "P. gratus"
- Northern rock mouse – "P. nasutus"
- Pinyon mouse – "P. truei"
- "melanophrys" group
- Plateau mouse