Common Name
White-ankled Deermouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Peromyscus pectoralis
Status
Lower Risk
States
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Distribution
SE New Mexico and C Texas, south along the Mexican Plateau and Cordillera Oriental to N Jalisco and Hidalgo, Mexico
Notes
Mainly terrestrial; usually found on rock ledges or in leaf litter. Feeds on juniper berries, acorns, hackberries, seeds and insects. Habitat is rocky outcrops, talus slopes, bluffs and oak-juniper woodlands.