Western deer mouse | |
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In Linn County, Kansas | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Genus: | Peromyscus |
Species: | P. sonoriensis
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Binomial name | |
Peromyscus sonoriensis (Le Conte, 1853)
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The western deermouse or western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis) is a rodent native to North America. It is widespread throughout the western half of the continent, mainly in areas west of the Mississippi River.[1]