Northwestern deer mouse

Northwestern deer mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Secure  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. keeni
Binomial name
Peromyscus keeni (Rhoads, 1894)
Synonyms
oreas Bangs, 1898 sitkensis Merriam, 1897

The northwestern deer mouse, northwestern deermouse, or Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni) 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".

Distribution

It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States. ^[1]

History

It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894. ^[3]

Mode of nutrition

This type of rodent consumes and scatters seeds that are present in black bear scats. They also hoard seeds to store for winter survival. ^[4]

References

1. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Peromyscus keeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T135164A115204632. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T135164A22359754.en . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. NatureServe. "Peromyscus keeni". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
3. Beolens, Bo; et al. (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals p.220. JHU Press. p. 574. ISBN   978-0-8018-9533-3.
4. Shakeri, Yasaman N.; White, Kevin S.; Levi, Taal (2018). "Salmon-supported bears, seed dispersal, and extensive resource subsidies to granivores". Ecosphere. 9 (6): e02297. Bibcode:2018Ecosp...9E2297S. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2297 . ISSN   2150-8925.

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Peromyscus keeni, Wilson and Reeder's Mammal Species of the World (Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed.)

Hanley, Thomas A., and Jeffrey C. Barnard. "Spatial Variation in Population Dynamics of Sitka Mice in Floodplain Forests." Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 80, no. 3, 1999, pp. 866–879. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1383255.