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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaePeromyscus

Brush Deermouse
Peromyscus boylii (Baird, 1855)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Genus Peromyscus
Species Peromyscus boylii (Baird, 1855)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in New Mexico.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

New Mexico

Counties

New Mexico
Eddy

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2016.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Utah
S4 Apparently Secure
Arizona
S5 Secure
Nevada
S3 Vulnerable
Oklahoma
SNR Unranked
California
SNR Unranked
Colorado
S4 Apparently Secure
Texas
S5 Secure
NN
S5 Secure
New Mexico
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.

How to cite this account

Peromyscus boylii (Baird, 1855). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2798. https://cavebiology.org/species/peromyscus-boylii/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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