Chiapan deer mouse [SEP] parent taxon
Chiapan deer mouse
The Chiapan deer mouse ("Peromyscus zarhynchus") is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found only in Mexico.
Distribution and habitat.
The Chiapan deer mouse is endemic to central and southeast Chiapas, México. The species occurs in wet highland cloud and pine-oak forest, where it inhabits forest stages ranging from mature forest to cutover areas at elevations between 1,400 m and 2,900 m. Below 2,200 m it only occurs in tall mature forests. Possible specimens from Guatemala
" group
- Gardner's deer mouse - "P. gardneri"
- Big deer mouse – "P. grandis"
- Guatemalan deer mouse – "P. guatemalensis"
- Naked-eared deer mouse – "P. gymnotis"
- Mexican deer mouse – "P. mexicanus"
- Stirton's deer mouse – "P. stirtoni"
- Yucatán deer mouse – "P. yucatanicus"
- Chiapan deer mouse – "P. zarhynchus"
- Transvolcanic deer mouse – "P. hylocetes"
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