deer mouse
noun
: any of various mice (genus Peromyscus) of North and Central America
especially : one (P. maniculatus) widely distributed in forests and grasslands of North America
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The wide-ranging white-footed mouse, well known among New Yorkers, and very closely related to the deer mouse, was predicted to be susceptible by a computer model that Barbara Han and her colleagues built. 
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2022 The itsy-bitsy deer mouse leaves bounding footprints, often with a thin groove left by a slender tail. Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020 Each specimen—say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico—is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2020 The virus, carried by deer mice, left 13 dead including young, otherwise healthy people who developed sudden respiratory failure. Simon Romero, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020 In 2012, a booming population of deer mice in the park caused a rare hantavirus outbreak, which killed three people and sickened another seven. Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020 The virus was blamed on a skyrocketing deer mice population in Yosemite Valley. Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 16 Jan. 2020 Much of the research on cougar kills has focused on bigger animals; an earlier study by Elbroch revealed that 39 species of birds and mammals also visit kill sites, including black bears, deer mice, and Steller’s jays. Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019 There are also copious birdlife and rare land creatures like the island fox, island spotted skunk, and island deer mouse. Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2019 See More
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2022 The itsy-bitsy deer mouse leaves bounding footprints, often with a thin groove left by a slender tail. Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020 Each specimen—say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico—is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2020 The virus, carried by deer mice, left 13 dead including young, otherwise healthy people who developed sudden respiratory failure. Simon Romero, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020 In 2012, a booming population of deer mice in the park caused a rare hantavirus outbreak, which killed three people and sickened another seven. Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020 The virus was blamed on a skyrocketing deer mice population in Yosemite Valley. Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 16 Jan. 2020 Much of the research on cougar kills has focused on bigger animals; an earlier study by Elbroch revealed that 39 species of birds and mammals also visit kill sites, including black bears, deer mice, and Steller’s jays. Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019 There are also copious birdlife and rare land creatures like the island fox, island spotted skunk, and island deer mouse. Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
from its agility
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above