Kilpatrick's deer mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | image = Holotype - Peromyscus kilpatricki.jpg | image_caption = Holotype in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University | taxon = Peromyscus kilpatricki | authority = Bradley et al., 2017 }}

'''Kilpatrick's deer mouse''' or '''Kilpatrick's deermouse''' ('''''Peromyscus kilpatricki''''') is a small species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus ''Peromyscus'', a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is native to mountainous regions of Michoacán, Mexico. It is found in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests in mesic forest habitats dominated by pine and oak at elevations above 1,600 meters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Robert D.|last2=Ordóñez-Garza|first2=Nicté|last3=Ceballos|first3=Gerardo|last4=Rogers|first4=Duke S.|last5=Schmidly|first5=David J.|date=2017-02-08|title=A new species in the Peromyscus boylii species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from Michoacán, México|url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/98/1/154/2658450|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|volume=98|issue=1|pages=154–165|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyw160|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}</ref> The species can be found in micro-habitats associated with rocky outcrops and fallen trees. The species is named after Dr. C. William Kilpatrick, curator of vertebrates at the University of Vermont Natural History Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=William Kilpatrick|url=https://www.uvm.edu/vtnaturalhistory/profiles/william-kilpatrick|access-date=2021-02-15|website=www.uvm.edu|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042257/https://www.uvm.edu/vtnaturalhistory/profiles/william-kilpatrick|url-status=dead}}</ref> The holotype of this species is part of the Natural Science Research Laboratory collections at the Museum of Texas Tech University.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bradley|first1=Robert D.|last2=Ordóñez-Garza|first2=Nicté|last3=Ceballos|first3=Gerardo|last4=Rogers|first4=Duke S.|last5=Schmidly|first5=David J.|date=2017-02-08|title=A new species in the Peromyscus boylii species group (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from Michoacán, México|url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/98/1/154/2658450|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|volume=98|issue=1|pages=154–165|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyw160|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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Category:Peromyscus Category:Mammals described in 2017