White-footed mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Peromyscus leucopus
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 white-footed mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-footed 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 white-footed mouse endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the white-footed mouse?

The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Peromyscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-footed mouse

The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is a rodent native to North America from southern Canada to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". In the Maritimes, its only location is a disjunct population in southern Nova Scotia. It is also erroneously known as the woodmouse, a name which instead describes the unrelated Apodemus sylvaticus, particularly in Texas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-footed mouse (revision 1380417218), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q732863 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).