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title: "Pinyon Deermouse"
description: "Peromyscus truei — Mamíferos. The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pinyon-deermouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pinyon Deermouse

> Peromyscus truei — Mamíferos. The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

- Scientific name: *Peromyscus truei*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 511
- Wikidata: [Q779066](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779066)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44414](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44414)

## Names

- en: Pinyon Deermouse
- de: Pinyon-Hirschmaus
- es: Ratón piñonero
- nl: Pinjonmuis

## Countries with the most observations

US (102)

## Summary

The pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei) 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 native to the southwestern United States and Baja California in Mexico.  These medium-sized mice are often distinguished by their relatively large ears.  The range of this species extends from southern Oregon and Wyoming in the north, and extends south to roughly the U.S.-Mexico border, with a disjunct population known as the Palo Duro mouse (P. t. comanche) that occupies an area in the vicinity of Palo Duro Canyon in…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: rdclark86 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295164329

## Machine access

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