Mesquite Mouse

Mesquite Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species group:	P. eremicus
Species:	P. merriami
Binomial name
Peromyscus merriami Mearns, 1896

The Mesquite Mouse (Peromyscus merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in Arizona in the United States.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). "Peromyscus merriami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/16680. Retrieved 05 February 2010. 

• 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.