The Zempoaltepec deer mouse (Habromys lepturus) also known as the slender-tailed deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
| Zempoaltepec deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Habromys |
| Species: | H. lepturus
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| Binomial name | |
| Habromys lepturus (Merriam, 1898)
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It is endemic to southeastern Mexico, at one locality on Cerro Zempoaltepec above 2,500 metres (8,200 ft), in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in Oaxaca state.
References
edit- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Vázquez, E. (2018). "Habromys lepturus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9609A22376889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T9609A22376889.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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