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title: "Brush Deermouse"
description: "Peromyscus boylii — Zoogdieren. The brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brush-deermouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brush Deermouse

> Peromyscus boylii — Zoogdieren. The brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

- Scientific name: *Peromyscus boylii*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 207
- Wikidata: [Q599917](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599917)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44393](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44393)

## Names

- en: Brush Deermouse
- de: Unterholz-Hirschmaus
- es: Ratón arbustero

## Countries with the most observations

US (58), MX (31)

## Summary

The brush mouse (Peromyscus boylii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It is found in mountainous areas of Mexico and the western United States at altitudes over 2,000 m (6,600 ft).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_mouse

## Photo

![Brush Deermouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brush-deermouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cheryl Brehme/USGS · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brush_mouse.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brush-deermouse?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).