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
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
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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