Vol. 12 No. 2 (2021)

The Schmidlyi´s deermouse (Peromyscus schmidlyi) is found in the states of Sinaloa, Sonora and Durango in the Sierra Madre Occidental of México at altitudes greater than 2,000 m a.s.l.  Individuals are associated with vegetation where pines and oaks predominate in coastal scrub and chaparral.  The species was described in 2004, in honor of David J. Schmidly, and it can be distinguished from other species in the genus by genetic analysis.  Photograph taken from the Image Bank of the Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), with reference number CLG0065. (Author of the photograph Celia López González).