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Cotton MouseEducational resources on Cotton MouseCotton Mouse or Peromyscus gossypinus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Cotton Mouse Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) Cotton Mouse Order Rodentia: Family Muridae : Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte) Description. A medium-sized, heavy bodied, white-footed mouse; tail much www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/perogoss.htm Cotton mouse The cotton mouse is known to be relatively abundant in the coastal plain and sandhills, and uncommon on the barrier islands of North Carolina (Lee et al. 1982, Webster et al. 1985) www.basic.ncsu.edu/ncgap/sppreport/amaff03080.html North American Mammals: Peromyscus gossypinus Click to enlarge. (75 kb) Conservation Status: The Chadwick Beach cotton mouse, subspecies P. gossypinus restrictus, is Extinct; the Key Largo cotton mouse, P www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=270 PISCES - Florida Keys -Threatened and Endangered Species Key Largo Woodrat and Key Largo Cotton Mouse. Tropical hardwood hammocks provide critical habitat for the Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) and the Key Largo cotton mouse www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/coral/endangeredkeys.html Cotton Mouse Entry page to Discover Life's Encyclopedia about the Biology, Natural History, Ecology, Identification and Maps of Cotton Mouse -- Peromyscus gossypinus www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-070-01-0001.pdf Peromyscus gossypinus (LeConte); Cotton Mouse Entry page to Discover Life's Encyclopedia about the Biology, Natural History, Ecology, Identification and Maps of Cotton Mouse -- Peromyscus gossypinus pick4.pick.uga.edu/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Muridae/Peromyscus/gossypinus ADW: Peromyscus gossypinus: Information The cotton mouse primarily feeds at night. Foods eaten include: seeds, fruits, nuts, insects, arachnids and slugs. (Davis and Schmidly, 1994; Nowak, 1999) animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Peromyscus_gossypinus.html GAWW: Species Description Cotton Mouse Peromyscus gossypinus. Classification. Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae. Description. This is the darkest mouse dromus.nhm.uga.edu/~GMNH/gawildlife/index.php?page=speciespages/species_page&key=pgossypinus Order Rodentia Hind foot (of adults) greater than 23 mm: Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse). Hind foot (of adults) less www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordroden.htm TABS Species Account TN10043 TN10043 COTTON MOUSE PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS version 12/2002 Taxonomy Status Distribution Habitat Associations fwie.fw.vt.edu/tn/TN10043r.htm
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