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
- ND
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Arizona
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- NJ
- S5 Secure
- NE
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S5 Secure
- RI
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S3 Vulnerable
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- NH
- 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
- ME
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- DE
- 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
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.
- 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. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
How to cite this account
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2800. https://cavebiology.org/species/peromyscus-leucopus/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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