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Northwestern Deer Mouse

Peromyscus keeni

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 485, February 359, March 562, April 884, May 1,274, June 1,390, July 1,487, August 1,279, September 939, October 701, November 383, December 299.
United States20,565
Canada11,311
Alaska10,041
British Columbia9,927
Washington6,650
Oregon3,874
Yukon1,235
Northwest Territories137
Alberta10
Nunavut2

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