Pallid Beach Mouse

Pallid Beach Mouse

Taxobox
name = Pallid beach mouse
status = EX
extinct = 1959
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Cricetidae
subfamilia = Neotominae
genus = "Peromyscus"
species = "P. polionotus"
subspecies = "P. p. decoloratus"
trinomial = "Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus"
trinomial_authority = A.H. Howell, 1939

The Pallid beach mouse or Ponce de Leon Beach Mouse ("Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus") was known from two locations in Florida, Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County. No individuals have been seen since 1959. The average Pallid Beach mouse was anywhere from 4 to 8 centimeters in length. This species burrowed into dunes for protection.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this subspecies is listed as extinct

External links

* [http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Peromyscus+polionotus+decoloratus NatureServe Report]


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