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White-Footed MouseEducational resources on White-Footed MouseWhite-Footed Mouse or Peromyscus leucopus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the White-Footed Mouse White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) White-footed Mouse Order Rodentia: Family Muridae : Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque) Description. A medium-sized, short-tailed, white-footed mouse; tail www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/peroleuc.htm ADW: Peromyscus leucopus: Information Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Project. 1995. http://sevilleta.unm.edu/animal/mammal/white-footed_mouse.html animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Peromyscus_leucopus.html ADW: Peromyscus leucopus: Pictures ...white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus: white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus: white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus : white-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Peromyscus_leucopus.html white-footed mouse White-footed Mice eat a large variety of foods, including nuts, seeds, fruits, and small animals. Some of their diet includes: beetles, caterpillars, www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white-footed_mouse.htm NDIS White-footed Mouse Wildlife Page Habitat: White-footed mice range widely in eastern North America in habitats ranging from deciduous forest to brushy fields. In Colorado white-footed mice are associated with rank ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=051070 WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE In the article cited below, C. S. Rafinesque wrote, not long after visiting New Harmony, I have visited...the lower parts of the Ohio, the Wabash, Green River, Barrens, Prairies faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/mouse.html North American Mammals: Peromyscus leucopus The White-footed Mouse has a very wide distribution. It is the most abundant rodent in mixed deciduous and coniferous forests in the eastern United States, and is probably equally www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=268 White-footed Mouse Similar to deer mouse, but white-footed mouse has a slightly longer tail which is more sparsely furred and scaly. The white-footed mouse is also a bit larger (5.5"-8.5" long campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/howard.whiteman/field/mammals/whitefootedmouse.html White-Footed Mouse White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus Fischer) From: Saunders, D. A. 1988. Adirondack Mammals. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 216pp. www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/whitefooted_mouse.htm White-footed mouse Description: Length: 6"- 7"; tail is 2.5"- 3.25" Color: Back is grayish-brown, belly is white. Hair is short and soft. Eyes and ears are quite large. education.stonehill.edu/fieldguide/Field_Guide/Mammals/White-footed%20mouse.htm
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