Stirton's deer mouse
| Stirton's deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. stirtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus stirtoni Dickey, 1928
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Stirton's deer mouse or Stirton's deermouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. P. stirtoni is widely distributed and is presumed to have a large population and a tolerance of habitat destruction, though its biology is poorly understood.[1] The species is named after Ruben A. Stirton (1901-1966), an American zoologist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.[3]
References
- ^ a b Timm, R. (2016). "Peromyscus stirtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16693A22362723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16693A22362723.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1078–1079. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 394–395. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.