DEER MOUSE, Peromyscus maniculatus, and allies 



Range. — Practically cosmopolitan throughout 

 continent south of tree line. 



Hahitat. — Usually in forested areas in Alaska, 

 but inhabits a great variety of vegetation types. 



Races in Alaska. — The subspecies algldus occurs 

 near the head of the Lynn Canal at Haines, Skag- 

 way, and White Pass; macrcn^hmus occupies the 

 mainland coast of southern Alaska and the ad- 

 jacent Revillagigedo, Woronkofski, and Wrangell 

 Islands ; hylaeus ( type locality : Mollis, Kasaan 

 Bay, Prince of Wales Island) ranges on the main- 

 land from Lynn Canal to Frederick Sound and on 

 the Prince of Wales, Kupreanof, Mitkof, and Ad- 

 miralty Islands; ioreali-s has been reported 

 (Dixon, 1938) from a low elevation in Mount Mc- 

 Kmley National Park, but this record has been 

 questioned by many workers. 



Related species. — The Sitka mouse, Peromgsmi.s 

 sltkensis., is known in Alaska only from a few 

 islands in the southeastern archipelago: P. s. sit- 

 ken.sis (type locality: Sitka) occurs on Baranof, 

 Chichagof, Warren, Duke, and Coronation 

 Islands; P. s. oceanieus (type locality: Forrester 

 Island) is known only from the type locality. 



The bushy-tailed wood rat, Neotoma cinerea^ is 

 a distantly related form living in woods and rocky 

 areas of western Nortli America. The race sax- 

 amans is known in southeastern Alaska from two 

 specimens in the U.S. National Museum, taken 

 on the Unuk River and at the mouth of the Lower 

 Taku River. 



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