Slender-tailed Deer Mouse

Slender-tailed Deer MouseThe slender-tailed deer mouse occurs in the northern Oaxacan highlands of Mexico. Its reported total length is 210–285 mm, placing it among the larger Habromys species.What does it look like?Reported total length is 210–285 mm, placing it among the larger Habromys species. Members of the genus are small mice, with some variation in form and color among species.How does it live?The slender-tailed deer mouse occurs in the northern Oaxacan highlands of Mexico. Its reported total length is 210–285 mm, placing it among the larger Habromys species.Habromys are described as arboreal mice of humid montane forests, including cloud and humid pine-oak forests. The study suggests that the larger species, including H. lepturus, are less arboreal than the smaller species.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.