deer mouse

English

Noun

deer mouse (plural deer mice)

1. Any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus.
   • 2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times‎:

     In the wild, deer mice and oldfield mice never interbreed.

2. Many of the muroid rodents with notable jumping capability within the subfamily Neotominae (family Cricetidae), including all species in the genera Peromyscus and Habromys, as well as some species in several others.

Derived terms

• cactus deermouse

Translations

mouse of the genus Peromyscus

Dutch: hertmuis (nl) Finnish: peurahiiru French: souris sylvestre f German: Hirschmaus (de) f Hungarian: őzegér Polish: myszak m Portuguese: rato-veadeiro m Russian: белоно́гий хомячо́к m (belonógij xomjačók), оле́ний хомячо́к m (olénij xomjačók) Spanish: ratón ciervo m

Peromyscus maniculatus

Finnish: peurahiiru Polish: myszak leśny m

Further reading

• deer mouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peromyscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Peromyscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Peromyscus maniculatus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

Anagrams

• mouse deer, mouse-deer, mousedeer