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Canyon Mouse

Peromyscus crinitus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 368, February 319, March 332, April 412, May 400, June 294, July 252, August 257, September 326, October 333, November 428, December 330.
United States10,519
California4,048
Nevada2,904
Utah1,981
Arizona964
Colorado301
New Mexico141
Oregon75
Idaho74
Wyoming16

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Classification

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

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