Northwestern deer mouse

The northwestern deer mouse, northwestern deermouse, or Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States.^[1] It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894.^[3] This type of rodent consumes and scatters seeds that are present in black bear scats. They also hoard seeds to store for winter survival.^[4]

Northwestern deer mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. keeni
Binomial name
Peromyscus keeni (Rhoads, 1894)
Synonyms
oreas Bangs, 1898 sitkensis Merriam, 1897