Saxicoline Deermouse

Common Name
Saxicoline Deermouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Peromyscus gratus
Status
Lower Risk
States
New Mexico

Distribution

SW New Mexico, south from W Chihuahua and SE Coahuila through interior Mexico to C Oaxaca

Notes

Habits probably similar to Piñon Deermouse. Nests among rocks or in hollow trees. Habitat is rocky areas with a broad range of vegetation types, including piñon-juniper, oak forest, grasslands, and coniferous forest.