Cotton mouse

Cotton mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species:	P. gossypinus
Binomial name
	Peromyscus gossypinus; (Le Conte, 1850)
Synonyms
	P. allapaticola Schwartz, 1952; P. anastasae Bangs, 1898; P. cognatus Le Conte, 1855; P. insulanus Bangs, 1898; P. megacephalus Rhoads, 1894; P. mississippiensis Rhoads, 1896; P. nigriculus Bangs, 1896; P. palmarius Bangs, 1896; P. restrictus A. H. Howell, 1939; P. telmaphilus Schwartz, 1952;

The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in the woodlands of the US South.

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