Cotton mouse
The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in the United States. This mouse is very close to extinction.
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| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species group: | P. leucopus |
| Species: | P. gossypinus |
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| Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1850) | |
References
- Kirkland, G.L., Jr. 1996. Peromyscus gossypinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.
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