Peromyscus maniculatus

Ma W.D., Wiesler D. and Novotny M.V. (1999). Urinary volatile profiles of the deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) pertaining to gender and age. J Chem Ecol 25, 417-431. 

It is a hantavirus that is normally found in the southwestern United States. The natural reservoir is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and the virus is shed in their urine. Infection occurs after inhalation of dust contaminated with excreta from infected mice or from aerosol of animal blood or fluids. Does not produce disease in animals. This is a biosafety level 3 agent. Outside a host the virus can live for several days. 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Vancouver Island, British Columbia near abandoned mine vs. reference site 1994... 

Laurinolli, M. and L.I. Bendell-Young. 1996. Copper, zinc and cadmium concentrations in Peromyscus maniculatus sampled near an abandoned copper mine. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30 481-486. 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus From high density traffic area ... 

Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus white-footed mouse, P. leucopus cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus <0.01 mg/kg whole-body fresh weight (FW), less skin and Gl tract 3... 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, whole Applied July 21, 1988 0.15 mg/kg FW Residues were 0.1 mg/kg FW after 2 days, 1... 

California San Francisco Bay 1989 livers California vole, Microtus californicus House mouse, Mus musculus Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus... 

Deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus-, LD50, 30 days after irradiation 26... 

Table 1 Compounds3 identified in the urine of the deermouse, Peromyscus maniculatus [39] ...

It is well known that dogs track better in humid air. Rodents find buried seeds better in wet soil. This is important in arid climates. After rains, yellow pine chipmunks, Tamias amoenus, and deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus found experimentally buried seeds of Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi, and antelope bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata, better than in diy soil. The recovered number of seeds increased 27- and 15-fold, respectively. In wet soil, seeds take up water rapidly and emanate volatile organic compounds that the rodents exploit. By extension, variations in humidity in arid environments may have profound effects on olfaction-dependent behaviors such as finding food, social interactions, preying, and predator avoidance (Vander Wall 1998). 

Exposing young male prairie deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, to soiled bedding from adult male conspecifics retards the growth of their testes and seminal vesicles. Male, but not female, urine applied to the nose has the same effect. Removal of the olfactory lobes at the age of 3 weeks blocks this effect (Lawton, 1979). The reproductive development of male California voles, M. californicus, is suppressed hy chemical cues from the mother (Rissman etah, 1984). 

Male prairie deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus bairdh) in very dense (i.e. asymptotic) populations cease to reproduce. Their testes remain abdominal and are small (20-25% of normal). The testes can assume normal size if such males have contact with reproductively proven females for 30 days. They also recover reproductively if exposed to female urine for 30 days, but contact with females is more effective (Creigh and Terman, 1988). 

In laboratory tests, least weasels, Mustela nivalis, were more attracted to estrous than diestrous urine of prairie deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii. This may increase the weasel s preying chances through the presence of pups in the case of postpartum estrus or estrous females may indicate a higher population density (Cushing, 1984). 

Non-target rodent species in the same forests may escape effects of mustelid sulfur compounds. In British Columbia, densities, survival rates, and reproduction of deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, were little affected when these compounds were used against long-tail voles [Microtus longicaudus), meadow voles [Microtus pennsylvanicus), and boreal redback voles [Clethrionomys gappen) (Zimmerling and Sullivan, 1994). 

Doty, R. L. (1972). Odor preferences of female Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii for male mouse odors ofP. m. bairdii and P. leucopus noveboracensis as a function of estrous state. Journal ofComparative and Physiological Psychology 81,191-197. 

Kenney, A. M., Evans, R. L., and Dewsbuiy, D. A. (1977). Postimplantation pregnancy disruption in Microtus ochrogaster, M. pennsylvanicus and Peromyscus maniculatus. Journal of Reproduction andPertility 49,365-367. 

Wuensch, K. L. (1982). Effect of scented traps on captures of M 5 musculus and Peromyscus maniculatus. Journal of Mammalogy 63,314-315. 

Zimmerling, L. L. and Sullivan, T. P. (1994). Influence of mus telid semiochemicals on population dynamics of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal ofChemicalEcology 20,667-689. 

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