''Habromys schmidlyi'', sometimes known as Schmidly's deer mouse, is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
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 almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and has m ...
found only in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. Its natural
habitat
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is
cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
in the
Sierra de Taxco, on the border of Guerrero and Mexico states, above 1,800 meters elevation.
The name "Schmidly's deer mouse" is ambiguous, as it is shared by another species, ''
Peromyscus schmidlyi''.
References
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Habromys
Endemic mammals of Mexico
Fauna of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Rodents of North America
Mammals described in 2005
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