Pallid beach mouse
| Pallid beach mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †P. p. decoloratus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus A.H. Howell, 1939
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The pallid beach mouse or Ponce de Leon beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus), is an extinct subspecies of the oldfield mouse that was endemic to Florida in the United States.
Distribution
[edit]It was known from two locations in Florida: Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County.
Description
[edit]The average pallid beach mouse was 4 to 8 centimetres (1.6 to 3.1 in) in length. This subspecies burrowed into dunes for protection.
Extinction
[edit]The exact cause of extinction is unknown, but it is presumed to have been from a combination of habitat destruction due to property development, competition with invasive rodents, and predation from feral cats.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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