Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam 1898 Peromyscus guatemalensis Merriam 1898 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 118 . Type Locality: Guatemala , Huehuetenango Dept., Todos Santos, 10,000 ft ( 3048 m ). Vernacular Names: Guatemalan Deermouse . Distribution: Intermediate to high elevations in mountains of S Chiapas , México , and SW Guatemala . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: P. mexicanus species group. Morphological variation and distribution clarified by Huckaby (1980) . Level of relationship to morphologically similar allopatric forms P. grandis and P. zarhynchus unresolved. Formerly included altilaneus Osgood, 1904 , here removed to P. mexicanus (see that account).