Species Descriptions

The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species Accounts are linked to the COMMON NAME with downloadable PDF files.     

 

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Scientific Name

(Abbreviated description)

Common Name

(ASM Species Account)

Peromyscus alstoni  
(Volcano Mouse)
Peromyscus attwateri  
(Texas Mouse)
Peromyscus californicus 
(California Mouse)
Peromyscus caniceps
( Montserrat Island Canyon Mouse)
Peromyscus crinitus 
(Canyon Mouse)
Peromyscus eremicus 
(Cactus Mouse)
Peromyscus gossypinus 
(Cotton Mouse)
Peromyscus leucopus 
(White-footed or Wood Mouse)
Peromyscus maniculatus 
(Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus melanocarpus 
(Black-wristed Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus pectoralis
( White-ankled or Encinal Mouse)
Peromyscus polionotus 
(Oldfield or Beach Mouse)
Peromyscus pseudocrinitus
( Coronados Island Canyon Mouse)
Peromyscus spicilegus
( Gleaning Mouse)
Peromyscus stirtoni 
(Stirton's Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus truei 
(Pinyon Mouse)
Peromyscus yucatanicus 
(Yucatan Deer Mouse)
Peromyscus zarhynchus
( Long-nosed Mouse)
Onychomys leucogaster 
(Northern Grasshopper Mouse)
Onychomys torridus 
(Southern Grasshopper Mouse)