Mesquite mouse
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The mesquite mouse (Peromyscus merriami), also known as Merriam's deermouse, 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 native to Mexico, as well as Arizona in the United States.
Distribution and habitat
The mesquite mouse can be found in south-central Arizona in the United States and in Sonora and Sinaloa in Mexico. It occurs in areas of dense brush and mesquite bosque in riparian and desert habitats from sea level up to Template:Cvt.[1][2]
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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- Peromyscus
- Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
- Rodents of the United States
- Rodents of Mexico
- Natural history of Arizona
- Natural history of Sonora
- Mammals described in 1896
- Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
- Least concern biota of North America
- Taxa named by Edgar Alexander Mearns
- Natural history of Sinaloa