Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Peromyscus > Peromyscus gossypinusPeromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse)Synonyms: Hesperomys cognatus; Hesperomys gossypinus (homotypic); Peromyscus anastasae; Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola; Peromyscus gossypinus anastasae; Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus; Peromyscus gossypinus mississippiensis; Peromyscus gossypinus nigriculus; Peromyscus gossypinus palmarius; Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus; Peromyscus gossypinus telmaphilus; Peromyscus insulanus; Sitomys megacephalus The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in the woodlands of the Southeastern United States. Adults are about 7-8 in long, and have an appearance very similar to the white-footed mouse. The cotton mouse is larger in size and has a longer skull and hind feet. They have dark brown bodies and white feet and bellies. The name is because they often use cotton for nest construction, discovered by Le Conte. One subspecies, the Chadwick Beach cotton mouse (P. g. restrictus) was last seen in 1938 and is now presumed extinct. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.56 EDGE Score: 1.52 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 32 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 2.19 grams | | Male Weight [3] | 22 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Scavenger [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Female Maturity [1] | 73 days | | Male Maturity [1] | 45 days | | | Gestation [1] | 23 days | | Litter Size [1] | 4 | | Litters / Year [3] | 4 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 2 years | | Nocturnal [4] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 3.937 inches (10 cm) | | Weaning [1] | 24 days |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore |
II |
21476 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8964 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
IV |
2387149 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park |
II |
17686 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Ocmulgee National Monument |
V |
693 |
Georgia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Habitat Vegetation Classification |
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Location |
Website |
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Interior Low Plateau Mesic Bottomland Forest |
United States (Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio) |
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Loblolly-bay Swamp Forest |
United States (North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia) |
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Louisiana Longleaf Pine Fleming Glade |
United States (Louisiana) |
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Maple - Ash - Elm Swamp |
Canada (Ontario); United States (Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan) |
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Midwestern Cottonwood - Black Willow - Silver Maple Floodplain Forest |
United States (Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana) |
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Mississippi River Red Maple - Water-locust Bottomland Forest |
United States (Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas) |
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Overcup Oak - Sweetgum Bottomland Forest |
United States (Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana) |
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Pin Oak - Post Oak Lowland Flatwoods |
United States (Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas) |
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Silver Maple - Sugarberry - Pecan Floodplain Forest |
United States (Tennessee, Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana) |
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Slash Pine Managed Forest |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas) |
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Southern Green Ash - Elm - Sugarberry Floodplain Forest |
United States (Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama) |
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Swamp Chestnut Oak - Sweetgum Floodplain Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois) |
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Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Loblolly Pine - Shortleaf Pine Forest |
United States (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas) |
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Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine Naturally Mixed Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Clayey Longleaf Pine Woodland (Dry Type) |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Fire-Infrequent Xeric Longleaf Pine Sandhill Woodland |
United States (Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf - Mixed Pine - Sweetgum Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Managed Loblolly Pine Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Loblolly Pine - Mixed Hardwood Forest |
United States (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Longleaf Pine Flatwoods, Fire-Suppressed Phase |
United States (Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Slash Pine Wet Woodland |
United States (Louisiana) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope & Stream Bottom Forest |
United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (High Terraces Type) |
United States (Louisiana, Texas) |
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West Gulf Coastal Plain Xeric Upland Shortleaf Pine - Oak Woodland |
United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma) |
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Willow Oak Bottomland Flatwoods Forest |
United States (Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Peromyscus gossypinus, James L. Wolfe and Alicia V. Linzey, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 70, pp. 1-5 (1977) ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 6Diet of the Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, Rulon W. Clark, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 494-499, 2002 ♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 8International Flea DatabaseEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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