Eastern deer mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern deer mouse lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Peromyscus maniculatus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the eastern deer mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern deer mouse in 3 countries and territories across North America.

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 eastern deer mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the eastern deer mouse?

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

About the eastern deer mouse

The eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) is a rodent native to eastern North America. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". When formerly grouped with the western deermouse (P. sonoriensis), it was once referred to as the North American deermouse, a species that is no longer recognized. It is fairly widespread across most of North America east of the Mississippi River, with the major exception being the lowland Southeastern United States.

Like certain other Peromyscus species, it can be a vector and carrier of emerging infectious diseases such as hantaviruses and Lyme disease.

It is closely related to Peromyscus leucopus, the white-footed mouse.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern deer mouse (revision 1358312118), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q649836 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).