Kilpatrick's deer mouse

Kilpatrick's deer mouse or Kilpatrick's deermouse (Peromyscus kilpatricki) is a small 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 mountainous regions of Michoacán, Mexico. It is found in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests in mesic forest habitats dominated by pine and oak at elevations above 1,600 meters.^[1] The species can be found in micro-habitats associated with rocky outcrops and fallen trees. The species is named after Dr. C. William Kilpatrick, curator of vertebrates at the University of Vermont Natural History Museum.^[2] The holotype of this species is part of the Natural Science Research Laboratory collections at the Museum of Texas Tech University.^[3]

Kilpatrick's deer mouse
Holotype in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. kilpatricki
Binomial name
Peromyscus kilpatricki Bradley et al., 2017