Speedy Gonzales rival became Daffy Duck. Feeling that the character presented an offensive Mexican stereotype, Cartoon Network shelved Speedy's films when it gained exclusive rights to broadcast them in 1999 (as a subsidiary of Time Warner, Cartoon Network is a corporate sibling to Warner Bros.). In an interview with Fox News on March 28, 2002, Cartoon Network spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg commented, "It hasn't been on the air for years because of its ethnic stereotypes." Despite such controversy over potentially offensive characterizations, Speedy Gonzales remained a popular character in Latin America. The Hispanic-American rights organization League of United Latin American Citizens called Speedy
Mexican deer mouse two litters during her lifetime. The Mexican deer mouse belongs to the "mexicanus" species group within the genus "Peromyscus". Genetic analysis has shown that its closest relatives are the Yucatan, Guatemalan, Chiapan, and naked-eared deer mice. Indeed, these were so similar genetically that the Mexican deermouse may be paraphyletic with respect to some or all of the other named species. Seven sub-species of Mexican deer mouse are currently recognised: Mexican deer mouse The Mexican deer mouse ("Peromyscus mexicanus") is a species of forest-dwelling rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Mexico and throughout much of Central America.