Cotton Mouse
Peromyscus gossypinus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 144
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is endemic to the woodlands of the Southern United States.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cotton mouse”.