Golden mice are one of the more thoroughly GBIF-documented small mammals in this Alabama rank tier, 61 records against just 9 from iNaturalist, a ratio that fits a nocturnal, arboreal mouse that builds distinctive globular nests in vine tangles and is far more often caught in surveys than photographed. NatureServe rates the state population S5, secure.
June alone accounts for 23 of the year’s 50 monthly-tallied records, nearly half the total, a sharp spike that plausibly reflects a concentrated trapping survey rather than any dramatic real-world seasonal surge, especially since the record goes completely silent from September through November.
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