![]() HABITAT: Sagebrush, chaparral, pinon and yellow pines.RANGE: Eastern Oregon and Washington, Nevada, southern Idaho and western Utah.Top of page Great Basin Pocket Mouse ( Perognathus parvus) IN CENTRAL OREGON: Found in all of central Oregon.SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Widespread and abundant and can occupy almost any habitat type.HABITAT: Nearly every dry-land habitat within its range. ![]() RANGE: Ubiquitous across most of North American and into Baja and Mexico.Top of page Deer Mouse ( Peromyscus maniculatus) IN CENTRAL OREGON: Found in Crook and Lake counties.FOOD: Various insects, seeds and some green vegetation.BREEDING: Litters of 1-7 born May - early July.SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Commonly associated with sandy or gravelly soils.HABITAT: Fine sandy soil with sagebrush and rabbitbrush.RANGE: Southeastern Oregon, Nevada, and western Utah.Top of page Dark Kangaroo Mouse ( Microdipodops megacephalus) REFERENCES: Burt 1952 Kritzman 1977 Cstui et al.IN CENTRAL OREGON: Occurs in central Oregon.BREEDING: Litter of 3-5 born in spring or early summer.SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: They require canyonland habitat.HABITAT: Rocky canyons and slopes and old lava-covered areas arid conditions.RANGE: Nevada, central and southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, Utah, northern Arizona, and southern California.Top of page Canyon Mouse ( Peromyscus crinitus) IN CENTRAL OREGON: Occurs throughout central Oregon.BREEDING: Litter of 2-4 breeding season May - Sept.SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Sheltered areas for denning.HABITAT: High mountains, rimrock, rockslides, pines.RANGE: British Columbia south to western states.The following mice and rats are found in Central Oregon:īushy-tailed Woodrat | Canyon Mouse | Dark Kangaroo Mouse | Deer Mouse | Great Basin Pocket Mouse | House Mouse | Muskrat | Northern Grasshopper Mouse | Ord's Kangaroo Rat | Pacific Jumping Mouse | Pinon Mouse | Western Harvest Mouse | Western Jumping Mouse Bushy-tailed Woodrat ( Neotoma cinerea) Two litters in spring and fall typify most rodent breeding habitat. Mice and rats are generalist omnivores in terms of feeding. Mice and rats, order Rodentia, occupy a diversity of habitats, some are specialized to a specific habitat, and some are generalists in terms of habitat requirements.
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