The Yucatan Deer Mouse is a medium-sized Peromyscus restricted to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and adjacent Belize and Guatemala. It inhabits tropical forests and scrublands in a region that is geologically young—the Yucatan platform only emerged relatively recently, giving this species one of the more interesting biogeographic histories of any North American rodent.
Habitat
Tropical forests and scrublands of the Yucatan Peninsula
Diet
Seeds, fruit, and insects
How common
Uncommon
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