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Peromyscus is a genus of rodents.They are commonly referred to as deer mice or deermice, not to be confused with the chevrotain or "mouse deer". They are New World mice only distantly related to the common house and laboratory mouse, Mus musculus.
Carleton's deer mouse (Peromyscus carletoni) is a species of deermouse in the family Cricetidae. It is restricted to high-elevation pine-oak forests in Nayarit in western Mexico. A member of the Peromyscus boylii group, it was named as a species in 2014 and named after Peromyscus specialist Michael D. Carleton .
Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to eastern North America.It is most commonly called the eastern deer mouse; when formerly grouped with the western deer mouse (P. sonoriensis), it was referred to as the North American deermouse [2] and is fairly widespread across most of North America east of the Mississippi River, with the major exception being the lowland southeastern United States.
The false canyon mouse grows to a total length of about 194 mm (7.6 in) including a tail of 110 mm (4.3 in). The dorsal fur is greyish-black glossed with cinnamon, and the underparts are white. The tail is scantily clad with hairs; the top half is blackish while the bottom side is pale, except for near the tip where it is dark both above and below.
The California deermouse has very large ears, and its tail is longer than the head and body combined. Including the tail, which is about 117 to 156 mm (4.6 to 6.1 in) long, the mouse ranges in length from 220 to 285 mm (8.7 to 11.2 in). [6] The coat is overall orange, mixed with black and brown hairs.
P. sonoriensis is a short-tailed deermouse with a distinctive white underside and white feet. Their coat color ranges from fulvous to brownish. They can be mistaken for the eastern deer mouse, which is indistinguishable except by range, or for the white-footed mouse, which has a tail with indistinct bicoloring.
Brown deer mouse, Peromyscus megalops; Black-tailed mouse, Peromyscus melanurus; Zempoaltepec, Peromyscus melanocarpus; mexicanus group Mexican deer mouse, Peromyscus mexicanus; Naked-eared deer mouse, Peromyscus gymnotis; Guatemalan deer mouse, Peromyscus guatemalensis; Chiapan deer mouse, Peromyscus zarhynchus; Big deer mouse, Peromyscus grandis
Burt's deer mouse (Peromyscus caniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is endemic to Mexico , where it is found only on Montserrat Island off the east coast of Baja California Sur .