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The deer mouse nests alone for the most part but during the winter will nest in groups of 10 or more. [26] Deer mice, specifically the prairie form, are also abundant in the farmland of the midwestern United States. [5] Deer mice can be found active on top of snow or beneath logs during the winter seasons. [17]
The western deermouse or western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis) is a rodent native to North America. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus , a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice".
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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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. It is a medium-sized species for ...
The black-eared mouse is one of the smaller species in the genus Peromyscus, measuring 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) in total length, including a relatively short tail, 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) long. The fur is tawny to yellow-brown over most of the body, fading from a darker shade on the back to paler on the flanks.
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 deer mouse may be paraphyletic with respect to some or all of the other named ...