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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.
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 .
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.
Keepers at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire say the rare Javan chevrotain mouse deer calf is doing well. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change, and they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a ...
The tawny deer mouse has a typical mouse-like form, with a long, hairy tail. It has reddish-cinnamon fur over most of its body, and pale creamy underparts. The face is greyish with a slight ring of darker fur around the eyes, and the tail is sepia-brown in colour.
Forest deer mouse Peromyscus keeni: Western deer mouse Peromyscus sonoriensis: Introduced Western heather vole Phenacomys intermedius: The first western heather vole specimen in Alaska was identified in 1999 near Hyder, Alaska. [76] Norway rat Rattus norvegicus: Introduced. Arctic ground squirrel Spermophilus parryii: Northern bog lemming ...