Mississippi holds 26 cotton mouse records since 2000, and only 5 of them are iNaturalist observations, so trapping and specimen surveys, not casual photographs, drive nearly everything documented about this Peromyscus mouse in the state. NatureServe rates the population S5, secure, even though the open record since 2000 is thin.
February holds 20 of the 26 records and Newton County holds 20, which points to one concentrated survey effort rather than any seasonal shift in the mouse’s own activity. The other six are scattered across five counties, from Neshoba to Jackson on the coast.
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