Northwestern deer mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Peromyscus |
Species group: | P. maniculatus |
Species: | P. keeni |
Binomial name | |
Peromyscus keeni (Rhoads, 1894) |
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Synonyms | |
oreas Bangs, 1898
sitkensis Merriam, 1897
The northwestern deer mouse or Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is found in British Columbia in Canada and in Alaska and Washington in the United States. It was named after the Rev. John Henry Keen in 1894.