Habromys lophurus

(Osgood, 1904)

Crested-tailed Deermouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Peromyscini
Genus : Habromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1904-03-21. Thirty new mice of the genus Peromyscus from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:55-77.

Original name as described

Peromyscus lophurus

Other common names

Crested-tailed Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:77219

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Todos Santos, [Huehuetenango,] Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Country distribution map

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