DeerMouse (P. maniculatus) numbers fluctuate throughout the year, with a peak in late summer or fall and a low point in winter or spring.
The deermouse comprised 45 percent of the sample, followed by the brush mouse (P. boylii) at 20 percent and the pinon mouse (P. truei) at 10 percent.
The next time you see a mouse in the wild, or see a hawk swoop to gab a small four-legged meal, the chances are good you’re seeing one of the many hazards in a deermouse’s short life.
An average sized deermouse is 184 mm (7.2 in) in total length, and weighs 21 g (0.7 oz).
Deer mice construct spherical or cup-shaped nests of shredded plant fibers, fur, and feathers under logs, stumps, rocks in the abandoned dens of other mammals, but prefers natural cavities of tress.
A deermouse that is disturbed may stamp its front feet rapidly, and vibrate the tail to produce a drumming noise.
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