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Any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus, especially Peromyscus maniculatus.
- 2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times‎:
  In the wild, deer mice and oldfield mice never interbreed.
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Many of the muroid rodents with notable jumping capability within the subfamily Neotominae (family Cricetidae), including all species in the genera Peromyscus and Habromys, as well as some species in several others.