Common Name
Brush Deermouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Peromyscus boylii
Status
Lower Risk
States
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Distribution
Much of SW USA, from N California to westernmost Oklahoma, south to N Baja California Norta and Trans-Pecos Texas, along the Sierra Madre Occidental and W Central Plateau to Queretaro and W Hidalgo, Mexico
Notes
Climbs well, but usually nests in rock crevices or under fallen trees. Probably does not dig its own burrows and requires rocks or other ground cover for shelter. Lives in woods and dense brush with rocks, fallen trees, or brush piles; usually found above
Oklahoma
One of the most abundant mice in the Black Mesa area.