Peromyscus leucopus (rodent)

Mass: 21.0 g based on Layne 1958, Lindsay 1960, Foreman 1956, and Mace and Eisenberg 1982

Abundance: 0.02 to 100.00% (median 6.10%)

Latitudinal range: 16.7° to 45.5°

Habitats: (13), desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (10), temperate coniferous forest (2), temperate savanna (5), temperate wetland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3)

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Found in 36 samples

Belize: Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field), Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (dry, open woodland), Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (moist, closed woodland), Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (subclimax forest woodland)

Canada: Caverne de la Mine (upper infill)

Mexico: Cueva de Abra

United States: North of Stillwater (heavily grazed grassland, March), North of Stillwater (lowland forest, March), Oak Ridge Reservation (hardwood forest), Trelease Woods (autumn 1938, plot UU), Seymour (1939, Plot A), Croatan National Forest (open canopy pine plantation), Fort Bliss, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Gingercake Creek, Fort Bayard Allotment (untreated woodland), Memphis, Glenn Dale, Fort Sill (Foard soils), Fort Sill (Lawton soils), Cross Bar Cooperative Management Area, Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, Durham County, Kemper County, Bearden, Zesch Cave, King Leo Pit Cave, Cole Gravel Pit, Robinson Cave, Bootlegger Sink, Schulze Cave (layer B), Schulze Cave (layer C1), Schulze Cave (layer C2), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4, Natural Chimneys, Cumberland Cave

Size measurements:
body mass22.1 gN = 78Layne 1958
♀ body mass19.9 gN = 32Lindsay 1960
♂ body mass20.8 gN = 38Lindsay 1960
body mass19.3 gN = 23Foreman 1956
body mass21.21 gN = 1Mace and Eisenberg 1982
♀ ear length11.5 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ ear length12 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ ear length17 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ ear length17 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
hind foot length20.1 mmN = 78Layne 1958
♀ hind foot length21 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ hind foot length23 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ hind foot length21 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ hind foot length21 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
tail length75.1 mmN = 78Layne 1958
♀ tail length75 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ tail length90 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ tail length70 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ tail length77 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
total body length168.1 mmN = 78Layne 1958
♀ total body length175 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ total body length192 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ total body length160 mmN = 1Mearns 1895
♂ total body length177 mmN = 1Mearns 1895

See also Peromyscus, Peromyscus aztecus, Peromyscus beatae, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus crinitus, Peromyscus difficilis, Peromyscus eremicus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus grandis, Peromyscus gratus, Peromyscus guatemalensis, Peromyscus levipes, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus melanophrys, Peromyscus melanotis, Peromyscus mexicanus, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus perfulvus, Peromyscus polionotus, Peromyscus sarmocophinus, Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus spp., Peromyscus truei, Peromyscus yucatanicus