The pallid beach mouse or Ponce de Leon beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus), is an extinct subspecies of the oldfield mouse that was endemic to Florida in the United States.
| Pallid beach mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †P. p. decoloratus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus A.H. Howell, 1939
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Distribution
editIt was known from two locations in Florida: Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County.
Description
editThe average pallid beach mouse was 4 to 8 centimetres (1.6 to 3.1 in) in length. This subspecies burrowed into dunes for protection.
Extinction
editThe exact cause of extinction is unknown, but it is presumed to have been from a combination of habitat destruction due to property development, competition with invasive rodents, and predation from feral cats.
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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