Mesquite mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Peromyscus |
Species group: | P. eremicus |
Species: | P. merriami |
Binomial name | |
Peromyscus merriami Mearns, 1896 |
The mesquite mouse (Peromyscus merriami) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae found in Mexico and in Arizona in the United States.