Oldfield mouse

Oldfield mouse
	Oldfield mouse at the beach, Alabama
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. polionotus
Binomial name
	Peromyscus polionotus; (Wagner, 1843)
Synonyms
	List Peromyscus polionotus subsp. polionotus (Wagner, 1843) ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. ammobates Bowen, 1968 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. phasma Bangs, 1898 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. allophrys Bowen, 1968 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. trissyllepsis Bowen, 1968 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. niveiventris (Chapman, 1889) ; Mus polionotus Wagner, 1843 ; Peromyscus subgriseus subsp. baliolus Bangs, 1898 ; Peromyscus phasma Bangs, 1898 ; Hesperomys niveiventris Chapman, 1889 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. albifrons Osgood, 1909 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. colemani Schwartz, 1954 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. decoloratus A.H. Howell, 1939 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. leucocephalus A.H. Howell, 1920 ; Peromyscus leucocephalus A.H. Howell, 1920 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. lucubrans Schwartz, 1954 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. peninsularis A.H. Howell, 1939 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. rhoadsi Bangs, 1898 ; Peromyscus subgriseus subsp. rhoadsi Bangs, 1898 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. subgriseus (Chapman, 1893) ; Sitomys viveiventris subsp. subgriseus Chapman, 1893 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. griseobracatus Bowen, 1968 ; Sitomys niveiventris subsp. subgriseus Chapman, 1893 ; Peromyscus polionotus subsp. sumneri Bowen, 1968 ;

The oldfield mouse, oldfield deermouse or beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus) is a nocturnal species of rodent in the family Cricetidae that primarily eats seeds. It lives in holes throughout the Southeastern United States in beaches and sandy fields. Predators to these mice include birds and mammals. In 2016, these mice were in the least concern category on the IUCN Red List with certain subspecies classified as extinct, critically endangered, endangered or near threatened.

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