Peromyscus keeni

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,074 meters (0 to 6,804 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species inhabits western coastal lowlands to high-elevation alpine forests . They appear to avoid closed canopy forested habitats and, at lower elevations , associate with edge vegetation, along logging roads, or at the periphery of small islands. They will enter human habitations. Diet includes various seeds, fruits, and small invertebrates .

On outer coastal islands it inhabits the edge of dense Sitka spruce-western cedar forests, and is found at forest edge and on beaches in cover of logs , stumps and rock crevices (Banfield 1974).

Multiple litters of about 3-5 young probably are produced each year. Gestation lasts about 23 days (non lactating) or 25 days (lactating) (Kirkland and Layne 1989). Probably capable of breeding at about 5-6 weeks. In southern British Columbia, it was reported as breeding from March through July.

Its distribution on smaller outer islands indicates it is probably less competitive than maniculatus, which occupies larger islands (Banfield 1974). It probably originally reached many islands on natural rafts.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.2     Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Peromyscus oreas • Peromyscus sitkensis

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Peromyscus keeni includes populations that formerly were recognized as P. oreas, P. sitkensis, and some of those assigned to P. maniculatus (see Musser and Carleton (in Wilson and Reeder 2005)). Hogan et al. (1993) analyzed chromosomes, allozymes , and mtDNA of Pacific Northwest Peromyscus and concluded that P. oreas, P. sitkensis, P. maniculatus algidus, P. m. hylaeus, P. m. keeni, P. m. macrorhinus, and P. m. prevostensis should be recognized as members of the newly constituted species Peromyscus keeni; further, they suspected that P. m. carli, P. m. doylei, and P. m. triangularis also are members of P. keeni. (Ref. 295323).

Similar Species

Members of the genus Peromyscus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 97 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. attwateri (Texas Deermouse) · P. aztecus (Aztec Mouse) · P. aztecus aztecus (Aztec Mouse) · P. banderanus (Black Rockcod) · P. beatae (Orizaba Deermouse) · P. boylii (Brush Mouse) · P. boylii boylii (Brush Mouse) · P. boylii utahensis (Brush Mouse) · P. bullatus (Perote Deer Mouse) · P. californicus (California Mouse) · P. californicus californicus (California Mouse) · P. caniceps (Monserrat Island Deermouse) · P. crinitus (Canyon Mouse) · P. crinitus eremicus (Cactus Mouse) · P. dickeyi (Dickeys Deermouse) · P. difficilis (Zacatecan Deer Mouse) · P. difficilis difficilis (Zacatecan Deer Mouse) · P. eremicus (Cactus Mouse) · P. eremicus eremicus (Baja Mouse) · P. eva (Eva's Desert Mouse) · P. fraterculus (Northern Baja Deermouse) · P. furvus (Blackish Deer Mouse) · P. gossypinus (Cotton Deermouse) · P. gossypinus allapaticola (Cotton Mouse) · P. gossypinus gossypinus (Cotton Mouse) · P. gossypinus restrictus (Chadwick Beach Cotton Mouse) · P. grandis (Large Deer Mouse) · P. gratus (Merriam's Piñon Mouse) · P. gratus gratus (Merriam's Piñon Mouse) · P. guardia (Angel Island Mouse) · P. guatemalensis (Guatamalan Deer Mouse) · P. gymnotis (Naked-Eared Deer Mouse) · P. hooperi (Hooper's Deer Mouse) · P. hylocetes (Transvolcanic Deermouse) · P. interparietalis (San Lorenzo Deermouse) · P. keeni (Northwestern Deermouse) · P. leucopus (White-Footed Deermouse) · P. leucopus ammodytes (Monomoy Mouse) · P. leucopus easti (Pungo Mouse) · P. leucopus fusus (Martha's Vineyard Mouse) · P. leucopus leucopus (Deer Mouse) · P. levipes (Nimble-Footed Deer Mouse) · P. levipes levipes (Nimble-Footed Mouse) · P. madrensis (Tres Marias Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus (Anacapa Island Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus anacapae (Anacapa Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus clementis (San Clemente Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus maniculatus (Deer Mouse) · P. maniculatus nebrascensis (Deer Mouse) · P. mayensis (Mayan Deer Mouse) · P. megalops (Broad-Faced Deer Mouse) · P. mekisturus (Puebla Deer Mouse) · P. melanocarpus (Black-Wristed Deer Mouse) · P. melanophrys (Plateau Deer Mouse) · P. melanophrys melanophrys (Plateau Mouse) · P. melanotis (Black-Eared Mouse) · P. melanurus (Black-Tailed Deer Mouse) · P. merriami (Merriam's Mouse) · P. mexicanus (Mexican Deer Mouse) · P. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Deer Mouse) · P. nasutus (Northern Rock Mouse) · P. nasutus nasutus (Northern Rock Mouse) · P. ochraventer (El Carrizo Deer Mouse) · P. oreas (Columbian Mouse) · P. pectoralis (White-Ankled Mouse) · P. pectoralis pectoralis (White-Ankled Mouse) · P. pembertoni (Pemberton's Deer Mouse) · P. perfulvus (Tawny Deer Mouse) · P. polionotus (Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus allophrys (Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus ammobates (Alabama Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus decoloratus (Pallid Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus leucocephalus (Santa Rosa Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus niveiventris (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus peninsularis (St Andrews Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus phasma (Anastasia Beach Mouse) · P. polionotus polionotus (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus subgriseus (Oldfield Mouse) · P. polionotus trissyllepsis (Perdido Key Beach Mouse) · P. polius (Chihuahuan Deer Mouse) · P. pseudocrinitus (Coronados Deer Mouse) · P. sagax (Michoacan Deer Mouse) · P. schmidlyi (Schmidly's Deer Mouse) · P. sejugis (Santa Cruz Mouse) · P. simulus (Nayarit Deer Mouse) · P. sitkensis (Sitka Mouse) · P. slevini (Catalina Deer Mouse) · P. spicilegus (Gleaning Deer Mouse) · P. spicilegus spicilegus (Gleaning Mouse) · P. stephani (San Esteban Deermouse) · P. stirtoni (Stirton's Deer Mouse) · P. truei (Piñon Mouse) · P. truei comanche (Palo Duro Mouse) · P. truei truei (Pinyon Mouse) · P. winkelmanni (Coalcolman Deer Mouse) · P. yucatanicus (Yucatan Deer Mouse) · P. zarhynchus (Chiapan Deer Mouse)

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Further Reading

• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J. A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. url p. 50.
• A list of the land and sea mammals of North America north of Mexico. Supplement to the synopsis. By D.G. Elliot. 2 1901 Chicago, 1901. url p. 492.
• A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas, by Daniel Giraud Elliot... 2 1901 Chicago, [Field Columbia Museum]1901. url p. 133, p. 460.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 18, p. 28, p. 85.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 141, p. 83, p. 84.
• Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 151, p. 663.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 76, p. 76.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. 36 1922 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 103, p. 103, p. 120, p. 122, p. 17, p. 407, p. 572, p. 578, p. 582, p. 626, p. 627, p. ix, p. ix.
• The condor. Santa Clara, Calif.: Cooper Ornithological Club, [1900- url p. 128.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. 2008. Peromyscus keeni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2721455
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552497
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552497
• IUCN ID: 231318
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF03190
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13310

Footnotes

1. Mean = 471.750 meters (1,547.736 feet), Standard Deviation = 495.150 based on 2,033 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. 2008. Peromyscus keeni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]

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