Cotton mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus Least concern

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 19 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Peromyscus gossypinus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the cotton mouse live?

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

United States

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.

Is the cotton mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the cotton mouse?

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

About the cotton mouse

The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) 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 endemic to the woodlands of the Southern United States.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cotton mouse (revision 1369221257), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q959378 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).