Thomas' Deer Mouse

Thomas' Deer MouseThomas' Deer Mouse occurs in the mountains of southern Mexico. A study examined differences in skull and lower-jaw shape among regional populations.What does it look like?Populations in western and eastern parts of the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Mixteca were reported to differ in skull and mandible shape.How does it live?Thomas' Deer Mouse occurs in the mountains of southern Mexico. A study examined differences in skull and lower-jaw shape among regional populations.The paper describes the genus Megadontomys as living in fragments of cool, humid forest in the Mexican highlands.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.