Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam 1898

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1068

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scientific name	Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam 1898
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Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam 1898 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 118.

Type Locality: Guatemala, Huehuetenango Dept., Todos Santos, 10,000 ft (3048 m).

Vernacular Names: Guatemalan Deermouse.

Distribution: Intermediate to high elevations in mountains of S Chiapas, México, and SW Guatemala.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: P. mexicanus species group. Morphological variation and distribution clarified by Huckaby (1980). Level of relationship to morphologically similar allopatric forms P. grandis and P. zarhynchus unresolved. Formerly included altilaneus Osgood, 1904 , here removed to P. mexicanus (see that account).