Canyon mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the canyon mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Peromyscus crinitus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Mass	2.2 g (birth weight); 16.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the canyon mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the canyon mouse in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a canyon mouse?

Wikidata records the following for the canyon mouse: mass 2.2 g (birth weight); 16.5 g (adult weight).

Is the canyon mouse endangered?

The canyon mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the canyon mouse?

The canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Peromyscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the canyon mouse

The canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus) 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 a gray-brown mouse-like rodent found in much of the western United States and northern Mexico. Its preferred habitat is arid, rocky desert. Vegetation has little or no effect on the distribution of canyon mice, it is instead associated with rocky substrate than any plant. Canyon mice forage in areas with shrub-like vegetation which can be used for protection against predators. It is the only species in the Peromyscus crinitus species group.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Canyon mouse (revision 1380656286), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1768106 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).