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Peromyscus simulus

Peromyscus simulus

deer moue are cute. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.201.40 (talk) 03:05, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

Does anyone know why they're called "deer mice"? Rojomoke (talk) 11:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Pale-coated" deer mouse as example of natural selection

Article from BBC News on a pale-coated deer mouse of Sand Hills (Nebraska), USA - "A tiny pale deer mouse living on a sand dune in Nebraska looks set to become an icon of biology. Within just a few thousand years, generations of the mice have evolved a sandy-coloured coat camouflaging themselves from predators. ... That makes the fast-evolving deer mouse one of the best examples yet studied of "true" natural selection in action." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8225000/8225219.stm -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 22:57, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added the original journal article behind this news article as an extra supporting ref to the section on their importance to science. Article's PubMedID: 19713521 --6th Happiness (talk) 23:43, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Peromyscus?

Commonly refered to as the Deer mouse is the way the article leads off than why the hell does the article have the name Peromyscus which is a scientiffic name and not the WP:COMMONNAME articles are suppose to be in common form this is not a scientific journal it is an encyclopedia for the average reader!?--Wikiscribe (talk) 17:15, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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As Pests?

Around here (here being Madison, WI) deer mice are the main rodent pests, at least outside of the city center (in the city, you might get rats). I have lived my entire life here and never had a house mouse turn up in a mousetrap. Short-tailed shrews, certainly, but the only mice we seem to have are Peromyscus. Could someone add a section to the article about these animals as pests? Sumanuil (talk) 01:25, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]