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Cactus Mouse ( Peromyscus eremicus )

Cactus Mouse | Peromyscus eremicus photo

The Cactus Mouse (Peromyscus eremicus)

Photograph by United States National Park Service. License: Public Domain. (view image details)

CACTUS MOUSE FACTS

Classification

Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	eremicus
Common Name:	Cactus Mouse

Relatives in same Genus
  Cotton Mouse (P. gossypinus)
  White-footed Mouse (P. leucopus)
  Deermouse (P. maniculatus)
  Oldfield Mouse (P. polionotus)