Yucatan deer mouse

The Yucatan deer mouse or Yucatan deermouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) 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". The species is found in Mexico and Guatemala; an example habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan.

Yucatan 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. yucatanicus
Binomial name
Peromyscus yucatanicus J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897