Maya mouse
{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
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| name = Maya mouse
| status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Peromyscus
| species = mayensis
| authority = Carleton & Huckaby, 1975
| synonyms =
}}
The Maya mouse (Peromyscus mayensis) is a 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 endemic to Guatemala.
References
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- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111115122702/http://dinets.travel.ru/perommayensis2.jpg picture of Maya Mouse]
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Category:Endemic fauna of Guatemala
Category:Rodents of Central America
Category:Mammals described in 1975
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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