''Habromys'' is a
genus
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of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...
,
found in
Mexico
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and
Central America
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. It contains these species, all but one (''H. lophurus'') of which are threatened or endangered, five of them
critically so. ''H. lophurus'' is near threatened.
Species:
*
Chinanteco deer mouse (''Habromys chinanteco'')
*
Delicate deer mouse (''Habromys delicatulus)''
*
Ixtlán deer mouse
The Ixtlán deer mouse (''Habromys ixtlani'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is endemic to southwestern Mexico, and found in the Sierra de Juárez, a subrange of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca in Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially t ...
(''Habromys ixtlani'')
*
Zempoaltepec deer mouse
The Zempoaltepec deer mouse (''Habromys lepturus'') also known as the slender-tailed deer mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is endemic to southeastern Mexico, at one locality on Cerro Zempoaltepec above , in the Sierra M ...
(''Habromys lepturus'')
*
Crested-tailed deer mouse (''Habromys lophurus'')
*
Jico deer mouse (''Habromys simulatus'')
* Schmidly's deer mouse (''
Habromys schmidlyi'')
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Guy Musser
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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