Record long-distance movement of a Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in a New England montane boreal forest

Authors

  • Connor M. Wood Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469
  • Shawn T. McKinney United States Geological Survey, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v129i2.1699

Keywords:

Deer Mouse, dispersal, Maine, movement, Peromyscus maniculatus

Abstract

We report a single-season, non-homing movement of 4287 ± 10 m by an adult male Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, in western Maine, United States, in summer 2014. The movement was achieved in two stages: 927 ± 3 m in four days and an additional 3360 ± 10 m in 44 days. This is approximately 40% greater than the previously documented maximum linear movement for an individual of this species.

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2015-08-05

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