Peromyscus mexicanus (rodent)

Mass: 41.3 g based on Kuns and Tashian 1954 and Rojas Rojas and Barboza Rodríguez 2007

Abundance: 5.84 to 81.08% (median 17.27%)

Latitudinal range: 10.2° to 19.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3)

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Found in 5 samples

Costa Rica: Altura, Potrero Grande

Mexico: Misantla (small mammals, dry season), El Zapotal (terrestrial mammals), Libres-Oriental Valley (natural vegetation)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass43.5 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
♀ body mass39.29 gN = 59Rojas Rojas and Barboza Rodríguez 2007
♂ body mass33.5 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
♂ body mass36 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
♂ body mass43.83 gN = 54Rojas Rojas and Barboza Rodríguez 2007
body mass37.5 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
body mass40.5 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
body mass51 gN = 1Kuns and Tashian 1954
ear length20.2 mmN = 8Kuns and Tashian 1954
♀ ear length16 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
hind foot length25.3 mmN = 8Kuns and Tashian 1954
♀ hind foot length31 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
♀ skull length34.5 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
♀ skull width15.9 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
tail length116.6 mmN = 8Kuns and Tashian 1954
♀ tail length131 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
total body length223.8 mmN = 8Kuns and Tashian 1954
♀ total body length265 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932
♀ upper tooth row length4.9 mmN = 1Goodwin 1932

See also Peromyscus, Peromyscus aztecus, Peromyscus beatae, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus crinitus, Peromyscus difficilis, Peromyscus eremicus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus grandis, Peromyscus gratus, Peromyscus guatemalensis, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus levipes, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus melanophrys, Peromyscus melanotis, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus perfulvus, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus progressus, Peromyscus sarmocophinus, Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus spp., Peromyscus truei, Peromyscus yucatanicus