Cotton mouse

The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family.
It is found only in the United States. This mouse is very close to extinction.

References
 Kirkland, G.L., Jr. 1996.  Peromyscus gossypinus.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Category:Rodents
Category:Mammals of North America