Northwestern Deer Mouse

Northwestern Deer Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Peromyscus
Species group: P. maniculatus
Species: P. keeni
Binomial name
Peromyscus keeni
(Rhoads, 1894)
Synonyms

oreas Bangs, 1898
sitkensis Merriam, 1897

The Northwestern Deer Mouse or Keen's Mouse (Peromyscus keeni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States.[1] It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. (2008). "Peromyscus keeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/135164. Retrieved 05 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Beolens et al, Bo (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals p.220. JHU Press. pp. 574. http://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&lpg=PA220&ots=WonmyES52o&dq=rev%20john%20henry%20keen&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q=rev%20john%20henry%20keen&f=false.