Pallid beach mouse
| Pallid beach mouse | |
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Extinct (1959)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Peromyscus |
| Species: | P. polionotus
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| Subspecies: | †P. p. decoloratus
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus A.H. Howell, 1939
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The pallid beach mouse or Ponce de Leon beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus) was known from two locations in Florida, Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County. No individuals have been seen since 1959. The average pallid beach mouse was 4 to 8 cm in length. This subspecies burrowed into dunes for protection.
References[]
- Hafner (1996). "'Peromyscus polionotus ssp. decoloratus'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 5 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this subspecies is listed as extinct
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- Peromyscus
- Rodent extinctions since 1500
- Extinct rodents
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Mammals described in 1939
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