Deer Mouse vs Key lime

Peromyscus maniculatus compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Deer Mouse is Least Concern while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Deer Mouse	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Peromyscus	Citrus
Species	Peromyscus maniculatus	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Deer Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Deer Mouse	Key lime
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deer Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Key lime

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States