Kilpatrick's deer mouse
{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Holotype - Peromyscus kilpatricki.jpg
| image_caption = Holotype in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University
| taxon = Peromyscus kilpatricki
| authority = Bradley et al., 2017
}}
Kilpatrick's deer mouse or Kilpatrick's deermouse (Peromyscus kilpatricki) is a small species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is native to mountainous regions of Michoacán, Mexico. It is found in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests in mesic forest habitats dominated by pine and oak at elevations above 1,600 meters.{{Cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Robert D.|last2=Ordóñez-Garza|first2=Nicté|last3=Ceballos|first3=Gerardo|last4=Rogers|first4=Duke S.|last5=Schmidly|first5=David J.|date=2017-02-08|title=A new species in the Peromyscus boylii species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from Michoacán, México|url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/98/1/154/2658450|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|volume=98|issue=1|pages=154–165|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyw160|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}} The species can be found in micro-habitats associated with rocky outcrops and fallen trees. The species is named after Dr. C. William Kilpatrick, curator of vertebrates at the University of Vermont Natural History Museum.{{Cite web|title=William Kilpatrick|url=https://www.uvm.edu/vtnaturalhistory/profiles/william-kilpatrick|access-date=2021-02-15|website=www.uvm.edu|language=en}} The holotype of this species is part of the Natural Science Research Laboratory collections at the Museum of Texas Tech University.{{Cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Robert D.|last2=Ordóñez-Garza|first2=Nicté|last3=Ceballos|first3=Gerardo|last4=Rogers|first4=Duke S.|last5=Schmidly|first5=David J.|date=2017-02-08|title=A new species in the Peromyscus boylii species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from Michoacán, México|url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/98/1/154/2658450|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|volume=98|issue=1|pages=154–165|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyw160|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}