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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Peromyscus maniculatus | Deer Mouse 



ABBREVIATION : 
PEMA

COMMON NAMES : 
   deer mouse


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for deer mouse is Peromyscus
maniculatus (Wagner) [51].  It is in the family Cricetidae (New World
mice).  Hall [51] listed 67 subspecies, describing the species as a
series of intergrading populations.  Subspecies in the same area may be
ecologically distinct.

Subspecies mentioned in this text include [51]:

cloudland deer mouse (P. m. nubiterrae)
prairie deer mouse (P. m. bairdii)
forest deer mouse (P. m. gracilis)


ORDER : 
Rodentia

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, October 1995


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1995. Peromyscus maniculatus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Peromyscus maniculatus | Deer Mouse