Burt's deer mouse

Burt's deer mouse
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. caniceps
Binomial name
	Peromyscus caniceps; Burt, 1932

Burt's deer mouse (Peromyscus caniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found only on Montserrat Island off the east coast of Baja California Sur. The species is threatened by predation by feral cats.[1]

References

Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Peromyscus caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.
Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1065. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn-1] Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Peromyscus caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.

[MSW3-2] Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1065. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.