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Oaxaca giant deer mouse

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Oaxaca giant deer mouse
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Megadontomys
Species: M. cryophilus
Binomial name
Megadontomys cryophilus
(Musser, 1964)

The Oaxaca giant deer mouse (Megadontomys cryophilus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.

References

  1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2018). "Megadontomys cryophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T12940A22353517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T12940A22353517.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Sources

  • 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.
Extant species of subfamily Neotominae
Baiomyini
Baiomys
(Pygmy mice)
Scotinomys
(Brown mice)
Neotomini
Neotoma
(Pack rats)
Xenomys
Hodomys
Nelsonia
(Diminutive woodrats)
Ochrotomyini
Ochrotomys
Reithrodontomyini
Peromyscus
(Deer mice)
Reithrodontomys
(New World
harvest mice)
Onychomys
(Grasshopper mice)
Neotomodon
Podomys
Isthmomys
(Isthmus rats)
Megadontomys
(Giant deer mice)
Habromys
(Deer mice)
Osgoodomys
Taxon identifiers
Megadontomys cryophilus


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