{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{speciesbox | name = Mesquite mouse | image = Merriam's Mouse imported from iNaturalist photo 128342814 on 27 August 2024.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |last1=Linzey |first1=A.V. |last2=Timm |first2=R. |last3=Álvarez-Castañeda |first3=S.T. |last4=Castro-Arellano |first4=I. |last5=Lacher |first5=T. |year=2016 |title=''Peromyscus merriami'' |volume=2016 |errata=2017 |article-number=e.T16680A115137090 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16680A22363406.en |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref> | status2= G5 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NS>{{cite NatureServe |title=''Peromyscus merriami'' |id=2.101887 |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227210937/https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101887/Peromyscus_merriami |url-status=live }}</ref> | genus = Peromyscus | species = merriami | authority = Mearns, 1896 | synonyms = }}
The '''mesquite mouse''' ('''''Peromyscus merriami'''''), also known as '''Merriam's deermouse''', is a 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 Mexico, as well as Arizona in the United States.
==Distribution and habitat== The mesquite mouse can be found in south-central Arizona in the United States and in Sonora and Sinaloa in Mexico. It occurs in areas of dense brush and mesquite bosque in riparian and desert habitats from sea level up to {{cvt|1160|m}}.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=NS/>
==References== {{Reflist}} *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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Category:Peromyscus Category:Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Category:Rodents of the United States Category:Rodents of Mexico Category:Natural history of Arizona Category:Natural history of Sonora Category:Mammals described in 1896 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Least concern biota of North America Category:Taxa named by Edgar Alexander Mearns Category:Natural history of Sinaloa
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