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The genus '''Peromyscus''' contains species commonly referred to as 'deer mice.' This is a genus of New World mouse only distantly related to the common house mouse, ''Mus musculus''. The most common species of deer mouse in the continental United States are two closely related species, ''P. maniculatus'', and ''P. leucopus''. In the USA, ''Peromyscus'' is also the most populous mammalian species overall.[1]
The genus ''Peromyscus'' has been an important model in the studies of phylogeography, speciation, chromosomes, genetics, and evolution in general. In recent years, it has become notorious in the western United States as a carrier of the hantavirus.
There is a different mammal by the name of "Mouse Deer," a relatively primitive ungulate of minuscule size. The deer mouse is common in the American Southwest, particularly in New Mexico, where the species is known to carry Hantavirus.

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Species

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Species

★ '''Peromyscus'''

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★ ''Peromyscus californicus

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★ ''eremicus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus eremicus''

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★ ''Peromyscus guardia'' - possibly extinct

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★ ''Peromyscus guardia guardia'' - last seen 1991

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★ ''Peromyscus guardia mejiae'' - extinct (1973)

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★ ''Peromyscus guardia harbisoni'' - extinct (1963)

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★ ''Peromyscus guardia'' subsp. indet. from Estanque Island - extinct (1998)

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★ ''Peromyscus interparietalis''

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★ ''Peromyscus dickeyi''

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★ ''Peromyscus pseudocrinitus''

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★ ''Peromyscus eva''

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★ ''Peromyscus caniceps''

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★ ''Peromyscus merriami''

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★ ''Peromyscus pembertoni'' - extinct (1931)

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★ ''hooperi'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus hooperi''

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★ ''crinitus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus crinitus''

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★ ''maniculatus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus maniculatus''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus allophrys''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus ammobates''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus phasma''

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★ ''Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis''

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★ ''Peromyscus sejugis''

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★ ''Peromyscus oreas''

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★ ''Peromyscus sitkensis''

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★ ''Peromyscus melanotis''

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★ ''Peromyscus slevini''

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★ ''Peromyscus nesodytes''

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★ ''leucopus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus leucopus''

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★ ''Peromyscus gossypinus''

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★ ''aztecus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus aztecus''

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★ ''Peromyscus spicilegus''

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★ ''Peromyscus winkelmanni''

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★ ''boylii'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus boylii''

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★ ''Peromyscus levipes''

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★ ''Peromyscus schmidlyi''

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★ ''Peromyscus stephani''

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★ ''Peromyscus attwateri''

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★ ''Peromyscus simulus''

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★ ''Peromyscus madrensis''

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★ ''Peromyscus pectoralis''

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★ ''Peromyscus polius''

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★ ''truei'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus truei''

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★ ''Peromyscus gratus''

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★ ''Peromyscus bullatus''

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★ ''Peromyscus difficilis''

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★ ''Peromyscus nasutus''

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★ ''melanophrys'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus melanophrys''

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★ ''Peromyscus perfulvus''

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★ ''Peromyscus mekisturus''

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★ ''furvus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus furvus''

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★ ''Peromyscus ochraventer''

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★ ''Peromyscus mayensis''

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★ ''megalops'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus megalops''

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★ ''Peromyscus melanurus''

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★ ''Peromyscus melanocarpus''

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★ ''mexicanus'' group

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★ ''Peromyscus mexicanus''

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★ ''Peromyscus gymnotis''

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★ ''Peromyscus guatemalensis''

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★ ''Peromyscus zarhynchus''

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★ ''Peromyscus grandis''

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★ ''Peromyscus yucatanicus''

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★ ''Peromyscus stirtoni''

External links

★ The song of the deer mouse

★ Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center (University of South Carolina)

★ Hantavirus Fact Sheet