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"Deer mouse" redirects here. For a broader category of rodents which includes other deer mouse species, see Neotominae.
"Deer mouse" redirects here. For the species often called deer mouse, see Peromyscus maniculatus.
Peromyscus (Deer mouse)
Temporal range: Late Miocene – Recent
Peromyscus maniculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Subfamily:
Neotominae
Tribe:
Reithrodontomyini
Genus:
Peromyscus Gloger, 1841
Species
See text
Peromyscus is a genus of rodents whose members are commonly referred to as deer mice. They are New World mice only distantly related to the common house and laboratory mouse, Mus musculus. From this relative, Peromyscus species are distinguished by relatively larger eyes, and also often two-tone coloring, with darker colors over the dorsum (back), and white abdominal and limb hair-coloring. In reference to the coloring, the word Peromyscus comes from Greek words meaning "booted mouse".[1] They are also accomplished jumpers and runners by comparison to house mice, and their common name of "deer mouse" (coined in 1833) is in reference to this agility.[2]
The most common species of deer mice in the continental United States are two closely related species, P. maniculatus, and P. leucopus. In the United States, Peromyscus is the most populous mammalian genus overall, and has become notorious in the western United States as a carrier of hantaviruses.[3][4]
Contents
1Reservoir of human disease
1.1Hantavirus
1.2Lyme disease
1.3Other diseases
2Use as a laboratory animal
3Species
4References
5External links
Reservoir of human disease
Hantavirus
The deer mouse came to the attention of the public when it was discovered to be the primary reservoir species for Sin Nombre hantavirus.[3][5][6]
Lyme disease
A recent study in British Columbia of 218 deer mice showed 30% (66) were seropositive for Borrelia burgdorferi,[7] the agent of Lyme disease.
Other diseases
Ehrlichiosis and babesiosis are also carried by the deer mouse.[1]
Use as a laboratory animal
While wild populations are sometimes studied,[8]Peromyscus species are also easy to breed and keep in captivity, although they are more energetic and difficult to handle than the relatively more tame M. musculus. For certain studies, They are also favored over the common laboratory mouse (M. musculus) and the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus). Apart from their importance in studying infectious diseases, Peromyscus species are useful for studying phylogeography, speciation, chromosomes, genetics, ecology, population genetics, and evolution in general. They are also useful for researching repetitive-movement disorders.[9][10][11][12] Their use in aging research is because Peromyscus spp., despite being of similar size to the standard laboratory mouse, have maximum lifespans of 5-7 years, compared to the 3-year maximum lifespan of ad libitum-fed laboratory strains or wild-caught M. musculus.[1]
The Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center at the University of South Carolina was established by Professor Wallace Dawson in 1985 to raise animals of the peromyscine species for research and educational use. This institute maintains populations of several different species (including Peromyscus californicus, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus melanophrys, Peromyscus eremicus, and Peromyscus aztecus). A variety of mutations affecting their behavior, biochemistry, and the color of their coats is exhibited in these genetic lines.
Species
Peromyscus
californicus group
California mouse – P. californicus
eremicus group
Cactus mouse – P. eremicus
Angel Island mouse – P. guardia – possibly extinct
P. g. guardia – last seen 1991
P. g. mejiae – extinct (1973)
P. g. harbisoni – extinct (1963)
P. guardia subsp. indet. from Estanque Island – extinct (1998)
San Lorenzo mouse – P. interparietalis
Northern Baja deer mouse– P. fraterculus
Dickey's deer mouse – P. dickeyi
False canyon mouse – P. pseudocrinitus
Eva's desert mouse – P. eva
Burt's deer mouse– P. caniceps
Mesquite mouse – P. merriami
Pemberton's deer mouse – P. pembertoni – extinct (1931)
hooperi group
Hooper's mouse – P. hooperi
crinitus group
Canyon mouse – P. crinitus
maniculatus group
North American deer mouse − P. maniculatus
Oldfield mouse or beach mouse – P. polionotus
P. p. allophrys
P. p. ammobates
Pallid beach mouse P. p. decoloratus – extinct (1959)
P. p. leucocephalus
P. p. niveiventris
P. p. peninsularis
Anastasia Island beach mouse P. p. phasma
P. p. trissyllepsis
Santa Cruz mouse – P. sejugis
Northwestern deer mouse – P. keeni
Northwestern deer mouse or Keen's mouse – P. sitkensis
Black-eared mouse– P. melanotis
Slevins's mouse or Catalina deer mouse – P. slevini
†Giant island deer mouse – P. nesodytes – extinct
leucopus group
White-footed mouse– P. leucopus
Cotton mouse– P. gossypinus
Key Largo cotton mouse P. g. allapaticola
†Chadwick Beach cotton mouse P. g. restrictus – extinct (1938)
aztecus group
Aztec mouse – P. aztecus
Gleaning mouse – P. spicilegus
Winkelmann's mouse – P. winkelmanni
boylii group
Brush mouse – P. boylii
Nimble-footed mouse – P. levipes
Schmidly's deer mouse – P. schmidlyi
San Esteban Island mouse – P. stephani
Texas mouse – P. attwateri
Nayarit mouse – P. simulus
Tres Marias island mouse – P. madrensis
White-ankled mouse – P. pectoralis
Chihuahuan mouse – P. polius
truei group
Perote mouse – P. bullatus
Zacatecan deermouse, or southern rock deermouse – P. difficilis
Osgood's mouse – P. gratus
Northern rock mouse – P. nasutus
Pinyon mouse – P. truei
melanophrys group
Plateau mouse – P. melanophrys
Pueblo deer mouse – P. mekisturus
Tawny deer mouse – P. perfulvus
furvus group
Blackish deer mouse – P. furvus
Maya mouse – P. mayensis
El Carrizo deer mouse – P. ochraventer
megalops group
Brown deer mouse – P. megalops
Zempoaltepec – P. melanocarpus
Black-tailed mouse – P. melanurus
mexicanus group
Gardner's deer mouse - P. gardneri[13]
Big deer mouse – P. grandis
Guatemalan deer mouse – P. guatemalensis
Naked-eared deer mouse – P. gymnotis
Mexican deer mouse – P. mexicanus
Stirton's deer mouse – P. stirtoni
Yucatán deer mouse – P. yucatanicus
Chiapan deer mouse – P. zarhynchus
Transvolcanic deer mouse – P. hylocetes
References
^ abcCrossland, J. and Lewandowski, A. (2006). Peromyscus – A fascinating laboratory animal model Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine. Techtalk 11:1–2.
^Deer mouse etymology from Merriam-Webster. Accessed June 11, 2010. Mw4.m-w.com (2012-08-31). Retrieved on 2014-01-05.
^ abCDC – Hantavirus. Cdc.gov (2012-11-01). Retrieved on 2014-01-05.
^What if .... University of South Carolina
^"It's Official—The Deer Mouse Is Deadly". Newsmagazine. 21 (31): 43. 18 July 1994.
^Netski, D; Thran, BH; St. Jeor, SC (1999). "Sin Nombre virus pathogenesis in Peromyscus maniculatus". Journal of Virology. 73 (1): 585–91. PMC 103864. PMID 9847363.
^Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) – Vol.34 CCDR-01 – Public Health Agency of Canada. Phac-aspc.gc.ca (2008-01-30). Retrieved on 2014-01-05.
^Tietje, William D.; Lee, Derek E.; Vreeland, Justin K. (2008). "Survival and Abundance Of Three Species Of Mice In Relation to Density Of Shrubs and Prescribed Fire In Understory Of An Oak Woodland In California". The Southwestern Naturalist. 53 (3): 357–369. doi:10.1894/PS-35.1. ISSN 0038-4909.
^Joyner CP, Myrick LC, Crossland JP, Dawson WD (1998). "Deer Mice As Laboratory Animals". ILAR journal / National Research Council, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources. 39 (4): 322–330. doi:10.1093/ilar.39.4.322. PMID 11406688.
^Dewey, M.J. & Dawson, W.D. (2001). "Deer mice: "The Drosophila of North American mammalogy"". Genesis. 29 (3): 105–9. doi:10.1002/gene.1011. PMID 11252049.
^Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Animal Models for Research on Aging; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Animal Models for Research on Aging (1981). Mammalian Models for Research on Aging. National Academies. ISBN 978-0-309-03094-6.
^Linnen, CR; Kingsley, EP; Jensen, JD; Hoekstra, HE (2009). "On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice". Science. 325 (5944): 1095–8. doi:10.1126/science.1175826. PMC 2736094. PMID 19713521.
^Lorenzo, C. et al. (January 2016). "Revision of the Chiapan deer mouse, Peromyscus zarhynchus, with the description of a new species". Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (3): 910–918. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
External links
The song of the deer mouse
Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center (University of South Carolina)
Deer Mice Fact Sheet from the National Pest Management Association — with information on habits, habitat and health threats.
Hantavirus Fact Sheet
Peromyscus photos
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Extant species of subfamily Neotominae
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Baiomyini
Baiomys (Pygmy mice)
Southern pygmy mouse (B. musculus)
Northern pygmy mouse (B. taylori)
Scotinomys (Brown mice)
Alston's brown mouse (S. teguina)
Chiriqui brown mouse (S. xerampelinus)
Neotomini
Neotoma (Pack rats)
Subgenus Neotoma: White-throated woodrat (N. albigula)
Tamaulipan woodrat (N. angustapalata)
Bryant's woodrat (N. bryanti)
Nicaraguan woodrat (N. chrysomelas)
Arizona woodrat (N. devia)
Eastern woodrat (N. floridana )
Goldman's woodrat (N. goldmani)
Desert woodrat (N. lepida )
White-toothed woodrat (N. leucodon)
Big-eared woodrat (N. macrotis)
Allegheny woodrat (N. magister)
Mexican woodrat (N. mexicana)
Southern Plains woodrat (N. micropus)
Nelson's woodrat (N. nelsoni)
Bolaños woodrat(N. palatina)
Stephens' woodrat (N. stephensi)
Subgenus Teanopus: Sonoran woodrat (N. phenax)
Subgenus Teonoma: Bushy-tailed woodrat (N. cinerea)
Dusky-footed woodrat (N. fuscipes)
Xenomys
Magdalena rat (X. nelsoni)
Hodomys
Allen's woodrat (H. alleni)
Nelsonia (Diminutive woodrats)
Goldman's diminutive woodrat (N. goldmani)
Diminutive woodrat (N. neotomodon)
Ochrotomyini
Ochrotomys
Golden mouse (O. nuttalli)
Reithrodontomyini
Peromyscus (Deer mice)
californicus group: California mouse (P. californicus)
Experimental Chronic Wasting Disease in Wild Type VM Mice
LEE Yoon-Hee,SOHN Hyun-Joo,KIM Min-Jeong [他],KIM Hyo-Jin,PARK Kyung-Je,LEE Won-Yong,YUN Eun-Im,TARK Dong-Seob,CHOI Young-Pyo,CHO In-Soo,BALACHANDRAN Aru
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 75(8), 1107-1110, 2013
… Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a naturally occurring prion disease in North American deer (Odocoileus species), Rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) and moose (Alces alces). … The experimental host range of CWD includes ferrets, several species of voles, white-footed mice, deer mice and Syrian golden hamsters. …
… It remains unclear in these texts whether the term nezumi was used to refer to the rat (Rattus norvegicus) or the mouse (Mus musculus). … Its alias is "hatsuka-nezumi", a term which is still used in Japan today when referring to the mouse. … This indicates that when the guidebook was written people distinguished the rat from the mouse by identifying the rat using the word nezumi and the mouse using the word norako. …
… Infra-red triggered cameras were set at 87 places over the forestand total 504 individuals of 12 mammalian species were photographed: Japanese sika deer (Cervusnippon), boar (Sus scrofa), Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis),Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus), Japanese marten (Martes melampus), badger (Meles meles),raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), weasel (Mustela sp.), Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus),Japanese field mouse (Apodemus sp.), Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys). …
UC home and landscape guidelines for control of Deer Mouse. ... Adult deer mouse. Note the large ears and eyes and the white underside of the body and tail—all distinguishing characteristics between the deer mouse and house ...
The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), is found in North America. This species can also be the cause of dangerous diseases as lyme and hantaviruses. It comes in the same genus, Peromyscus, as Peromyscus leucopus, the ...