Eastern deer mouse
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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.
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Eastern deer mouse | |
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In Schoolcraft County, Michigan | |
Scientific 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) | |
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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.