Red Mouse; House Mouse 



4. Beach Mouse. P. niveiventris (Chapman). Beautiful pale 



yellowish gray, rather brighter on the rump. Below snow 

 white, hairs pure white to the roots. 



Range. Beaches of East Florida; Palm Beach to Mosquito 

 Inlet. 



5. Island Beach Mouse. P. phasma Bangs. Paler even than 



the last, cheeks and nose white. 

 Range. Anastasia Island, Fla. 



6. Prairie Mouse. P. michiganensis (Aud. and Bach). Dark- 



fawn colour, with very dark-blackish dorsal stripe, white 

 beneath. Young, uniform, plumbeous. Ears rather small. 

 Range. Prairies of Illinois, southern Wisconsin, etc. 



Red Mouse 



Peromyscus nuttalli (Harlan) 



Length. 7.40 inches. 



Description. Differs from all the other long-tailed mice in its 

 bright fulvous colour above and strong fulvous suffusion 

 below and the absence of a sharp line of separation between 

 the colours of the upper and lower surface. No dusky 

 patch at the base of the whiskers, and young fulvous, 

 like the adults, not gray, as in the white-footed mice. Ears 

 rather short. 



Range. Low grounds of South Atlantic States, southern Virginia 

 to Enterprise, Florida. 



Although related to the white-footed mice, the red mouse is 

 very distinct in many respects, especially in its shorter ears and dif- 

 ferent colouration. It is not a common species. 



INTRODUCED RATS AND MICE 



(Sub-Family Murina) 



House Mouse 

 Mus musculus Linnaeus 



Length. 6.70 inches. 



Description. General colour gray, slightly tinted with yellowish - 



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