White-footed mouse records in Mississippi spread across wooded and brushy habitat statewide, from the hardwood ravines of the North Central Hills to the longleaf and loblolly pine flatwoods of the Piney Woods in the south.
It’s a nocturnal omnivore that nests in tree cavities, stumps, and brush piles, feeding on seeds, nuts, and insects, and it’s also one of the main hosts ticks pick up Lyme disease bacteria from before biting other animals.
Mississippi’s 270 records for this mouse come almost entirely from GBIF specimen data, with only 9 from iNaturalist photographs, so the record count reflects decades of museum and survey work more than casual sightings. That mix places the species in the rare-record bucket here even though its mapped range spans most of the eastern United States.
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