#0338 · 🦊 mammals

Eastern Deer Mouse

🇳🇱 Hertmuis ·Peromyscus maniculatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North America. It is most commonly called the deer mouse , although that name is common to most species of Peromyscus , and thus is often called the North American deermouse and is fairly widespread across the continent, with the major exception being the southeast United States and the far north.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,737iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).