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Peromyscus polionotus var. trissyllepsis
Perdido Key Beach Mouse
Oldfield Mouse
Florida native
Endangered Florida species
U.S. Endangered species
This burrow and tracks were seen in the dunes on Perdido Key. They could very well be from the Perdido Key beach mouse.
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis is an endangered subspecies of the oldfield mouse. This subspecies is only found on Perdido Key, a barrier island that straddles the Florida-Alabama border near Pensacola.
Peromyscus polionotus is a member of the Muridae - True Mice, Rats, Gerbils and relatives family.
Date record last modified: Jun 07, 2014
