Northwestern deer mouse
Species of rodent
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The northwestern deer mouse, northwestern deermouse, or Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice".
| Northwestern deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. keeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Peromyscus keeni (Rhoads, 1894) | |
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Distribution
It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States.[1]
History
It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894.[3]
Mode of nutrition
This type of rodent consumes and scatters seeds that are present in black bear scats. They also hoard seeds to store for winter survival.[4]
