Cotton mouse

Cotton mouse

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species:
P. gossypinus
Binomial name
Peromyscus gossypinus
(Le Conte, 1853)
      native range
Synonyms
  • Hesperomys gossypinus Le Conte, 1853
  • Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola Schwartz, 1952
  • Peromyscus anastasae Bangs, 1898
  • Hesperomys cognatus Le Conte, 1855
  • Peromyscus insulanus Bangs, 1898
  • Sitomys megacephalus Rhoads, 1894
  • Peromyscus gossypinus mississippiensis Rhoads, 1896
  • Peromyscus gossypinus nigriculus Bangs, 1896
  • Peromyscus gossypinus palmarius Bangs, 1896
  • Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus A. H. Howell, 1939
  • Peromyscus gossypinus telmaphilus Schwartz, 1952

The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) 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 endemic to the woodlands of the Southern United States.

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