Crested-tailed Deer Mouse

Crested-tailed Deer MouseThis mouse has a brown back and a long-haired tail. It occurs in forests from southeastern Mexico through Guatemala to extreme northwestern El Salvador and is nocturnal and arboreal or semi-arboreal.What does it look like?The back is brown, tan, or fulvous, while the underside is white. The tail is dark to its tip and covered with hair.How does it live?This mouse has a brown back and a long-haired tail. It occurs in forests from southeastern Mexico through Guatemala to extreme northwestern El Salvador and is nocturnal and arboreal or semi-arboreal.It is recorded in cloud forests and humid, cool oak and conifer forests with epiphytes, ferns, and mosses at 1,950–3,100 m. It is nocturnal and arboreal or semi-arboreal.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.