Pinyon mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pinyon mouse lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Peromyscus truei
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the pinyon mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pinyon mouse in 2 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 pinyon mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pinyon mouse?

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

About the pinyon mouse

The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) 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 native to the southwestern United States and Baja California in Mexico. These medium-sized mice are often distinguished by their relatively large ears. The range of this species extends from southern Oregon and Wyoming in the north, and extends south to roughly the U.S.-Mexico border, with a disjunct population known as the Palo Duro mouse (P. t. comanche) that occupies an area in the vicinity of Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle.[3] This isolated population is a glacial relict: during the last glacial period, Rocky Mountain juniper grew in a continuous belt from the mountains of New Mexico across the caprock escarpment to the Texas Panhandle, allowing the species to occupy the region. As the climate warmed approximately 10,000 years ago, the junipers retreated westward, leaving a gap of roughly 120 kilometers of open grassland that isolated the Palo Duro population from the main range.Schmidly, David J. (1973). "Geographic variation and systematics of Peromyscus truei". Journal of Mammalogy. 54 (1): 1–10.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pinyon mouse (revision 1355912222), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q779066 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).