Black-tailed mouse

The black-tailed mouse (Peromyscus melanurus) 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 endemic to Mexico.

Black-tailed mouse
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. melanurus
Binomial name
Peromyscus melanurus Osgood, 1909

Peromyscus melanurus