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Southern White-ankled Deermouse

Peromyscus pectoralis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 220, February 210, March 239, April 453, May 278, June 135, July 121, August 125, September 149, October 158, November 206, December 200.
United States2,904
Texas2,493
New Mexico391
Oklahoma16
Mexico4
Arizona3
Mississippi1
Hidalgo1
Jalisco1
Nayarit1

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 Southern White-ankled Deermouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.