The two species of Peromyscus inhabiting the Adirondacks are similar in appearance, and are not always distinguishable from external characters. The deer mouse usually differs from the white-footed ...

Hantavirus is mainly carried by the deer mouse, which typically lives in rural areas west of the Mississippi River, such as Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

But when it's mating season, a male and a female deer mouse might share a nest to take care of their young. And in winter, groups of as many as 15 deer mice might share a nest to keep warm.

The nest, a ball of plant fibers lined with any kind of soft material, may be in any natural or artificial cavity, a deserted burrow of some other animal, or in an abandoned and roofed-over bird nest.

The deer mouse, believed to be the most common mammal in North America, has a very different take on family values than its evolutionary sibling, the oldfield mouse. Oldfield mice are monogamous ...

While the deer mouse is more abundant at higher elevations, and the white-footed mouse at lower, both coexist at intermediate altitudes which offer the greatest variety of tree species. The ...

If you scour your house—especially basements, garages, crawl spaces, and attics—and can’t find a mouse nest, it means the mouse or mice haven’t been in your home long enough to build a nest.

So how many mice are there likely to be? “Mice live in groups, and in 9 out of 10 cases, seeing one mouse in your home means there are more hiding nearby,” adds Nicole Carpenter, the President ...

News; Sci/Tech; Cool Critters: Cute, all-American western deer mouse plays big role in our ecosystem Sun., Jan. 5, 2025 The western deer mouse, named only about five years ago, thrives in a ...