genus Peromyscus

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genus Peromyscus - New World wood mice Peromyscusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsCricetidae, family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamstersPeromyscus leucopus, vesper mouse, white-footed mouse - American woodland mouse with white feet and underpartsdeer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus - brownish New World mouse; most widely distributed member of the genuscactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus - burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United Statescotton mouse, Peromyscus gossypinus - large dark mouse of southeastern United States