Florida Mouse
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| Florida Mouse Fossil range: Late Pleistocene - Recent |
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| Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889) |
The Florida Mouse (Podomys floridanus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Podomys. It is found only in the United States.
Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Hafner, D.J. 1996. Podomys floridanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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