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REMAINING (number with state)
Body form
Slender (4)
Robust (1)
Body top pattern
Solid (69)
Striped (3)
Spotted (2)
Banded (1)
Body white stripe number
2 (1)
More than 2 (1)
Claw present
Yes (72)
No (4)
Coat
Hair (74)
Bone-like (1)
Spine (1)
Ear size
Small (2)
Medium (1)
External ear
Present (74)
Minute (15)
Absent (2)
Foot color relative to body top
Same as (51)
Lighter than (21)
Darker than (11)
Fur color reddish
No (1)
Yes (1)
Group
Others (31)
Mice, Rats, Voles & Shrews (24)
Hunters (19)
Herbivores (15)
Habitat
Terrestrial (76)
Freshwater (3)
Head pattern
Solid (67)
Masked (6)
Striped (4)
Spotted (1)
Hoof present
No (72)
Yes (4)
Horn shape
Branched (2)
Unbranched (1)
Mammae number
6 (4)
4 (1)
8 (1)
Nose pad diameter
Less than 25.4 mm (1)
More than 25.4 mm (1)
Nose shape
Not leaf-like (13)
Very pointed, shrew-like (10)
Pointed, mouse-like (9)
Blunt, vole-like (6)
Range
North America EAST (71)
North America WEST (65)
Canada (54)
Mexico (32)
Range in Canada
Quebec (47)
Ontario (46)
Manitoba (43)
Saskatchewan (40)
Alberta (35)
Nova Scotia (35)
British Columbia (34)
New Brunswick (32)
Newfoundland (27)
Northwest Territories (26)
Yukon (25)
Labrador (23)
Prince Edward Island (14)
Range in U.S.A.
Kentucky (66)
North Carolina (64)
Tennessee (64)
Georgia (62)
South Carolina (62)
Virginia (62)
West Virginia (59)
Missouri (56)
Illinois (54)
Oklahoma (54)
Indiana (53)
Kansas (53)
Maryland (53)
Ohio (53)
Texas (53)
Alabama (52)
Pennsylvania (52)
Arkansas (50)
Nebraska (49)
Iowa (48)
Minnesota (48)
New York (48)
Mississippi (47)
New Jersey (47)
Wisconsin (47)
Colorado (44)
Connecticut (44)
Delaware (44)
Louisiana (44)
Florida (43)
Michigan (43)
Massachusetts (42)
New Hampshire (42)
South Dakota (42)
Maine (41)
North Dakota (40)
Rhode Island (40)
Wyoming (40)
Montana (39)
Vermont (39)
New Mexico (34)
Washington (33)
Arizona (32)
Idaho (29)
Oregon (29)
District of Columbia (28)
California (27)
Utah (27)
Nevada (26)
Alaska (25)
Hawaii (4)
Rear legs much bigger than front legs
No (14)
Yes (2)
Skull greatest length, Peromyscus
Less than 28 mm (2)
More than 28 mm (1)
Skull infraorbital canal shape
V (14)
Oval (2)
Skull infraorbital opening piercing zygomatic plate of maxillary
No (4)
Yes (1)
Skull mandible rear with a step
No (3)
Yes (1)
Skull molar teeth triangular
No (8)
Yes (6)
Skull posterior palatine foramina position relative to anterior palatine foramina
Midway between anterior foramina and posterior edge of palate (3)
Closer to posterior of palate (1)
Skull postorbital process
Concave dorsally (4)
Convex dorsally (3)
Skull postorbital process projecting at right angle to long axis of skull
No (1)
Yes (1)
Skull supraorbital ridge
None (4)
Not prominent (2)
Prominent (1)
Status
Native (75)
Introduced (1)
Tail distinctly bicolor
No (1)
Yes (1)
Tail hair
Regular (38)
No tail (14)
Bushy (13)
No hair (9)
Bushy tip (2)
Spine (1)
Tail length
Long (36)
Short (16)
No tail (14)
Stump (8)
Tail length, Peromyscus
Less than 91 mm (3)
More than 91 mm (2)
More than 60 mm (1)
Tail length, shrews
More than 40% of body length (5)
Less than 40% of body length (2)
Tail pattern
Solid (34)
Striped (23)
No tail (14)
Dark tip (6)
Light tip (6)
Ringed (1)
Tail reaches interfemoral membrane
Barely (12)
Well beyond (1)
Tail shape
Not laterally compressed (4)
Laterally compressed (2)
Teeth all alike
No (75)
Yes (1)
Teeth incisor pair enlarged
No (50)
Yes (26)
Teeth lower incisor size
Long (5)
Short (1)
Teeth lower jaw back teeth
10 (23)
6 (18)
8 (15)
14 (11)
12 (8)
16 (1)
Teeth lower jaw incisor number
6 (39)
2 (34)
4 (1)
8 (1)
Teeth lower jaw molar number
6 (63)
4 (9)
2 (3)
8 (1)
Teeth lower jaw premolar number
6 (21)
2 (15)
4 (12)
8 (11)
Teeth molar rooted in adults
No (3)
Yes (2)
Teeth total number
16 (15)
32 (15)
20 (4)
28 (4)
30 (3)
18 (1)
Teeth upper jaw incisor number
6 (30)
2 (28)
4 (13)
10 (1)
Teeth upper jaw molar number
6 (55)
2 (11)
4 (9)
8 (1)
Teeth upper jaw premolar number
6 (28)
8 (12)
14 (1)
Upper incisors grooved
No (5)
Yes (2)
Upper jaw back teeth
12 (23)
10 (18)
6 (16)
8 (15)
14 (3)
16 (1)
Wing present
No (63)
Yes (13)