White-Footed Deermouse
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Cricetidae |
| Genus | Peromyscus |
| Species | Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from nine counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, Tennessee
Counties
- Indiana
- Monroe
- Kentucky
- Edmonson, Fayette
- New Mexico
- Eddy
- Tennessee
- Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Overton, Van Buren
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Colorado
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Arizona
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S5 Secure
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S3 Vulnerable
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Montana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987. details
- Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
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