Stirton's deer mouse

Stirton's deer mouse or Stirton's deermouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. P. stirtoni is widely distributed and is presumed to have a large population and a tolerance of habitat destruction, though its biology is poorly understood.^[1] The species is named after Ruben A. Stirton (1901-1966), an American zoologist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.^[3]

Stirton's deer mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. stirtoni
Binomial name
Peromyscus stirtoni Dickey, 1928