Nelson's giant deer mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Nelson's giant deer mouse

| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. |author2=Lacher, T. |author3=Vázquez, E. |author4=Arroyo-Cabrales, J. |author5=de Grammont, P.C. |date=2018 |title=Megadontomys nelsoni |volume=2018 |page=e.T12941A22353381 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12941A22353381.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Megadontomys

| species = nelsoni

| authority = (Merriam, 1898)

| synonyms =

}}

Nelson's giant deer mouse (Megadontomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found only in Mexico.

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.

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Category:Megadontomys

Category:Mammals described in 1898

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam

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