Delicate Deermouse

Delicate Deermouse
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Habromys
Species:	H. delicatulus
Binomial name
Habromys delicatulus Carleton, Sánchez & Urbano Vidales, 2002

The Delicate Deermouse (Habromys delicatulus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was first described by Michael Carlton, Oscar Sanchez and Guillermina Urbano-Vidales after being discovered in a patch of cloud forest on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The species gets its name from its small size and delicate features compared to the other species within the genus Habromys.

References

1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Habromys delicatulus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 Jule 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.

• Carleton, Sánchez & Urbano Vidales: A new species of Habromys (Muroidea: Neotominae) from México, with generic review of species definitions and remarks on diversity patterns among Mesoamerican small mammals restricted to humid montane forests.