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Southern Deer Mouse

Peromyscus labecula

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 8, February 7, March 8, April 16, May 10, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 7, December 7.
United States184
Texas87
Arizona61
Mexico43
New Mexico36
Mexico8
Zacatecas8
Jalisco7
Coahuila de Zaragoza5
Guanajuato4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusNorth American Deer Mice · Peromyscus

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Southern Deer Mouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.