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26 November 2021 DISTINCT WHITE FACIAL-FUR PATTERNS OF DEER MOUSE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS) POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN NEVADA
Danielle C Miles, Kelsey R Burrus, Kevin T Shoemaker
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Abstract

We report photo documentation of a newly discovered fur variation on the face of American Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, in populations across northern Nevada. American Deer Mice usually have all-brown facial fur with dark-colored ears, whereas these novel records show white fur patches at the base of the ears, sometimes with bicolored ears and white fur extending behind, and more rarely with a white strip of fur down the middle of the face. Across all field sites, we captured 1685 Deer Mice; of these, 216 had some variation of the white facial fur patterns. These facial patterns are most prominent in northeastern Nevada, comprising 13 to 16% of all Deer Mice captured.

Danielle C Miles, Kelsey R Burrus, and Kevin T Shoemaker "DISTINCT WHITE FACIAL-FUR PATTERNS OF DEER MOUSE (PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS) POPULATIONS IN NORTHERN NEVADA," Northwestern Naturalist 102(3), 254-257, (26 November 2021). https://doi.org/10.1898/1051-1733-102.3.254
Received: 15 July 2020; Accepted: 14 February 2021; Published: 26 November 2021
KEYWORDS
fur
Great Basin
North American Deer Mouse
pelage
Peromyscus maniculatus
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