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Pinyon mouse

Peromyscus truei (Shufeldt, 1885)

LCLeast Concernrodents

The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) is a species in the family Cricetidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 27.4 g to 33 g and live up to 5.36 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)
Photo: NPS photo by Sally King · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pinyon mouse

Weight
27.4 g – 33 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
5.36 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
5.4 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
30.1 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
3.4 – 3.49src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
42.5 dayssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
3.4src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pinyon mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the pinyon mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California in Mexico. These medium-sized mice are often distinguished by their relatively large ears. The range of this species extends from southern Oregon and Wyoming in the north, and extends south to roughly the U.S.-Mexico border, with a disjunct population known as the Palo Duro mouse (P. t. comanche) that occupies an area in the vicinity of Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle.[3] This isolated population is a glacial relict: during the last glacial period, Rocky Mountain juniper grew in a continuous belt from the mountains of New Mexico across the caprock escarpment to the Texas Panhandle, allowing the species to occupy the region. As the climate warmed approximately 10,000 years ago, the junipers retreated westward, leaving a gap of roughly 120 kilometers of open grassland that isolated the Palo Duro population from the main range.Schmidly, David J. (1973). "Geographic variation and systematics of Peromyscus truei". Journal of Mammalogy. 54 (1): 1–10.

From the Wikipedia article “Pinyon mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinyon_mouse&oldid=1355912222), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the pinyon mouse endangered?

The pinyon mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the pinyon mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyCricetidae
  6. genusPeromyscus
  7. SpeciesPeromyscus truei (Shufeldt, 1885)

Synonyms Hesperomys megalotis, Hesperomys truei, Peromyscus comanche, Peromyscus dyselius, Peromyscus hemionotis, Peromyscus lasius, Peromyscus montipinoris, Peromyscus truei chlorus, Peromyscus truei comanche, Peromyscus truei lagunae, Peromyscus truei nevadensis, Peromyscus truei preblei, Peromyscus truei sequoiensis, Sitomys gilberti, Sitomys martirensis

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Piñon deermouseEnglish
  • Piñon deermouseEnglish
  • Piñon mouseEnglish
  • Pinyon deermouseEnglish
  • Ratón piñoneroSpanish
  • pinjonpeurahiiruFinnish
  • マツシロアシマウスJapanese
  • PinonhjortemusNorwegian Bokmål
  • PinjonmuisDutch
  • myszak piniowyPolish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pinyon mouse

Other species in the same genus Peromyscus.

LC, Least Concern
Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)

Cotton mouse

Peromyscus gossypinus

Cricetidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pinyon mouse?

An adult pinyon mouse weighs 27.4 g – 33 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the pinyon mouse endangered?

The pinyon mouse is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the pinyon mouse live?

The pinyon mouse has a recorded lifespan of 5.36 years.

How long is the pinyon mouse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 30.1 days.

What kind of animal is the pinyon mouse?

The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) belongs to the family Cricetidae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{pinyon_mouse_2026,
  title = {Pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pinyon-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}