White-footed_mouse

White-footed Mouse
female with sucklings
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Neotominae Genus: Peromyscus Species: P. leucopus
Binomial name
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Peromyscus leucopus is a rodent native to North America. It is commonly called the White-footed Mouse. It ranges from the northeast United States to the southwest and Mexico.

This species is similar to Peromyscus maniculatus, the Deer Mouse. Like the deer mouse, it may carry hantaviruses, which cause severe illness in humans.

References

• Baillie (1996). Peromyscus leucopus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.

External links

• Description and picture of White-footed mouse
• White-footed mouse
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome — United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction

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