Black-wristed deer mouse

The black-wristed deer mouse (Peromyscus melanocarpus) 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 Sierras de Zempoaltépec, Juárez and Mazteca, sub-ranges of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in southern Mexico, between 1,500 and 2,500 meters elevation.^[1]

Black-wristed deer mouse
P. melanocarpus in Oaxaca, Mexico
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. melanocarpus
Binomial name
Peromyscus melanocarpus Osgood, 1904