Eastern deer mouse

Eastern deer mouse
In Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. maniculatus
Binomial name
Peromyscus maniculatus
(J. A. Wagner, 1845)
(Former) range map, when grouped with P. sonoriensis and other species now recognized as distinct

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.

Like other Peromyscus species, it can be a vector and carrier of emerging infectious diseases such as hantaviruses and Lyme disease.[3][4]

It is closely related to Peromyscus leucopus, the white-footed mouse.

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Peromyscus maniculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16672A22360898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16672A22360898.en. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ Bowers, Nora; Rick Bowers; and Kenn Kaufman (2004). Kaufman Guide to North American Mammals. NY: Houghton-Mifflin Co. p.176.
  3. ^ Netski, Dale; Brandonlyn Thran & Stephen St. Jeor (1999). "Sin Nombre Virus Pathogenesis in Peromyscus maniculatus". Journal of Virology. 73 (1): 585–591. doi:10.1128/JVI.73.1.585-591.1999. PMC 103864. PMID 9847363.
  4. ^ Crossland, J. & Lewandowski, A. (2006). "Peromyscus – A fascinating laboratory animal model" (PDF). Techtalk. 11 (1–2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2008.