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In Plumas County, California, deer mice bred through December in good mast (both soft and hard masts) years but ceased breeding in June of a poor mast year. [11] Deer mice breed throughout the year in the Willamette Valley, but in other areas on the Oregon coast there is usually a lull during the wettest and coldest weather. [12]
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.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the western deer mouse (P. sonoriensis) (then thought to represent western populations of the North American deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, now referred to as the eastern deer mouse) as P. m. gambelii.
The most common species of deer mice in the continental United States are two closely related species, P. maniculatus and P. leucopus. In the United States, Peromyscus is the most populous mammalian genus overall, and has become notorious in the western United States as a carrier of hantaviruses .
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.
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Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice. ... Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis;
Brush mouse, Peromyscus boylii; Canyon mouse, Peromyscus crinitus; White-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus; Northern rock mouse, Peromyscus nasutus; Western deer mouse, Peromyscus sonoriensis; Pinyon mouse, Peromyscus truei; Western heather vole, Phenacomys intermedius; Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis