The range is transcontinental, and from Alaska to southern Mexico, except for the southeastern U.S. In the Adirondacks the deer mouse is wide spread, occurring in all terrestrial habitats at all ...
The species commonly seen inside people’s homes is the house mouse, which doesn’t carry the hantavirus pathogen. At first glance, it resembles a deer mouse. There are key differences ...
Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown. A ...