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Peromyscus californicus (California mouse)

Synonyms: Hesperomys parasiticus; Peromyscus californicus benitoensis; Peromyscus californicus mariposae; Peromyscus insignis
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the Peromyscus californicus species group. It is found in northwestern Mexico and central to southern California. It is largest Peromyscus species in the United States. While most rodents are polygamous, the California mouse pair bonds, making it a model organism for researchers studying the genetics and neurobiology of partner fidelity and paternal care.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.56
EDGE Score: 1.52
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  42 grams
Birth Weight [1]  4 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]  46 days
Gestation [1]  30 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  5
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [4]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Weaning [1]  30 days
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Prey / Diet

Acmispon glaber (California Broom)[5]
Rhus integrifolia (lemonade sumac)[5]
Salvia apiana (white sage)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Calomys lepidus (desert woodrat)1
Peromyscus eremicus (cactus mouse)3

Predators

Strix occidentalis occidentalis (California spotted owl)[6]
Tyto alba (Barn Owl)[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 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
♦ 3Myers, 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
♦ 4Nathan 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
♦ 5Peromyscus californicus, Joseph F. Merritt, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 85, pp. 1-6 (1978)
♦ 6General Biology of Major Prey Species of the California Spotted Owl, Daniel F. Williams, Jared Verner, Howard F. Sakai, and Jeffrey R. Waters, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-133. 1992. Chapter 10, pp. 207-221
♦ 7International Flea Database
♦ 8Jorrit 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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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