The plateau mouse (Peromyscus melanophrys) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is endemic to Mexico.

References

• Baillie, J. (1996). Peromyscus melanophrys. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp.894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.