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Stirton's deer mouse

Peromyscus stirtoni Dickey, 1928

LCLeast Concernrodents

The stirton's deer mouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) is a species in the family Cricetidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 29.2 g to 47.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the stirton's deer mouse

Weight
29.2 g – 47.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
31.1 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
2.38src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
49.5 days – 63 dayssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
7.4src 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 stirton's deer mouse live?

Not recorded

What is the stirton's deer mouse?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Stirton's deer mouse or Stirton's deermouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) 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 found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. P. stirtoni is widely distributed and is presumed to have a large population and a tolerance of habitat destruction, though its biology is poorly understood. The species is named after Ruben A. Stirton (1901–1966), an American zoologist associated with the University of California at Berkeley.

From the Wikipedia article “Stirton's deer mouse” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stirton%27s_deer_mouse&oldid=1370733729), 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 stirton's deer mouse endangered?

The stirton's deer 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 stirton's deer mouse classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familyCricetidae
  6. genusPeromyscus
  7. SpeciesPeromyscus stirtoni Dickey, 1928
Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Stirton s deermouseEnglish
  • Stirton's deermouseEnglish
  • Stirton’s deermouseEnglish
  • křeček StirtonůvCzech
  • Ratón centroamericanoSpanish
  • hondurasinpeurahiiruFinnish
  • スタートンシロアシマウスJapanese
  • myszak honduraskiPolish
  • Хомячок СтиртонаRussian

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Relatives of the stirton's deer 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 stirton's deer mouse?

An adult stirton's deer mouse weighs 29.2 g – 47.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the stirton's deer mouse endangered?

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

How long is the stirton's deer mouse pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 31.1 days.

What kind of animal is the stirton's deer mouse?

The stirton's deer mouse (Peromyscus stirtoni) belongs to the family Cricetidae in the order Rodentia.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{stirtons_deer_mouse_2026,
  title = {Stirton's deer mouse (Peromyscus stirtoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stirtons-deer-mouse},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}