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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.
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.
Deer mice inhabit a wide variety of plant communities including grasslands, brushy areas, woodlands, and forests. [6] In a survey of small mammals on 29 sites in subalpine forests in Colorado and Wyoming, the deer mouse had the highest frequency of occurrence; however, it was not always the most abundant small mammal. [7]
Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are placed in three genera, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but several species also are known only from fossils . [ 3 ]
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.
The northwestern deer mouse or Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States. [1] It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894. [2]
The southern deermouse or southern deer mouse (Peromyscus labecula) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.
Gambel's deermouse or Gambel's deer mouse (Peromyscus gambelii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to the United States and Mexico.