Florida mouse

The Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Podomys. True to its name, it is endemic to Florida in the United States.

Florida mouse Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Podomys Osgood, 1909
Species:	P. floridanus
Binomial name
Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)
Synonyms[3]
Hesperomys floridanus Chapman, 1889 Hesperomys macropus Merriam, 1890 Sitomys floridanus: Chapman, 1894 Peromyscus floridanus: Bangs, 1896 Podomys floridanus: Carleton, 1980

Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Footnotes

1. Austin, J.; Roach, N. (2019). "Podomys floridanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17830A22339074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17830A22339074.en. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
2. NatureServe (April 7, 2023). "Podomys floridanus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
3. Jones 1993, p. 1

Literature cited

• Chapman, Frank M. (1889), "Preliminary descriptions of two apparently new species of the genus Hesperomys from Florida", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2, hdl:2246/1701
• Field Guide to the Rare Animals of Florida: Florida Mouse (PDF), Florida Natural Areas Inventory, 2001, archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011, retrieved January 30, 2010
• Hafner, David J.; Gordon L. Kirkland (1998), North American rodents: status survey and conservation action plan, IUCN, ISBN 2-8317-0463-4
• Jones, Cheri A.; Charles Layne (April 23, 1993), "Podomys floridanus" (PDF), Mammalian Species (427), The American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5, doi:10.2307/3504239, JSTOR 3504239
• North American Mammals: Florida Mouse, Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History, retrieved January 30, 2010
• Pergams, O. & NatureServe (2008), "Podomys floridanus.", 2009.2 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, retrieved January 30, 2010
• Whitaker, John O. Jr.; William J. Hamilton Jr. (1998), Mammals of the Eastern United States (3rd ed.), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-3475-0