Cotton mouse reports in Tennessee point toward the wooded wetlands of the western part of the state. Reelfoot Lake State Park, Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, and Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge combine forest cover with swampy ground, brush, hollow logs, and other shelter this mouse can use from ground level into the trees.
Reports occur in every month, but May stands well above the rest, followed by another strong rise in November. That uneven pattern may reflect trapping schedules as much as mouse activity, especially because the Tennessee record comes from GBIF rather than iNaturalist observations. It doesn’t measure how many cotton mice live around each refuge.
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