Florida mouse

The Florida Mouse (Podomys floridanus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Podomys. It is found only in the United States.

Florida mouse
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Podomys
Osgood, 1909
Species:
P. floridanus
Binomial name
Podomys floridanus
(Chapman, 1889)
Synonyms[2]

Hesperomys floridanus Chapman, 1889
Hesperomys macropus Merriam, 1890
Sitomys floridanus: Chapman, 1894
Peromyscus floridanus: Bangs, 1896
Podomys floridanus: Carleton, 1980

Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Footnotes
  1. Austin, J.; Roach, N. (2019). "Podomys floridanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17830A22339074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17830A22339074.en. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  2. Jones 1993, p. 1
Literature cited
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