Deer Mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,445
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is a rodent native to eastern North America. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". When formerly grouped with the western deermouse (P.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern deer mouse”.