However, the annual reproductive success of murrelets was not related to deer mouse densities.
Island studies have shown that deer mice occasionally prey on eggs and nestlings of Scripps's murrelets on Santa Barbara Island. In the fall, seeds become a major food source and are stored in caches for use during the winter. They can eat large volumes and are capable of ridding an area of many insects that may be detrimental to trees. Deer mice feed heavily on larvae from lepidopterans (includes moths and butterflies) and other insects in the spring. The deer mouse is generally a nocturnal creature.įood selection is dependent on both habitat and season. The deer mouse will nest alone on most occasions but will sometimes nest with a deer mouse of the opposite sex. However, each of the Channel Islands are home to a different subspecies of deer mouse that is found nowhere else on earth.ĭue to the diverse habitat of the Channel Islands, nesting is found in the natural cover of the landscape. It is absent from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal plains of the United States, but its range does extend to the coast in east Texas. It is most commonly called the deer mouse, although that name is common to most species of Peromyscus. It is found throughout southern Canada, the United States, and north and central Mexico, including Baja California. The deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus is the most widespread North American rodent. Deer mice are the prototype for "field mice" with large, bulging eyes, big ears, a bi-colored pattern and a long tail. In general, island mice are darker than mainland mice.
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