Peromyscus leucopus

(Rafinesque, 1818)

White-footed Deermouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Peromyscini
Genus : Peromyscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1818-10. Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 3(6):445-447.

Original name as described

Musculus leucopus

Other common names

White-footed Mouse

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by W. H. Osgood in 1909 to "mouth of the Ohio River," Ballard County, Kentucky, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Canada

Subregion distribution

USA(GA,NY,NC,MA,SD,MS,ND,OK,WV,IA,IN,WY,NM,RI,OH,VA,VT,WI,MO,TX,KY,MN,KS,NE,TN,MT,MD,IL,PA,CT,CO,MI,SC,NJ,AL,AZ,ME,NH,DC,DE,LA,AR)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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