GAP Analysis Predicted Distribution Map

Forest Deer Mouse (Peromyscus keeni)

Species Code: PEOR

Legend: = Core Habitat = Marginal Habitat Breeding Range Map The green area shows the predicted habitats for breeding only. The habitats were identified using 1991 satellite imagery, other datasets and experts throughout the state, as part of the Washington Gap Analysis Project. Click to enlarge distribution map Map with historical museum records Other maps & Information: NatureMapping observations throughout the year

Occurs in greatest densities in moist, dense, forests along the coast, the Olympic Mountains, and on the west slope of the Cascades. The dominant deer mouse in the alpine zone of the Cascades and Olympics. Present on few islands and rare in the low elevations of the Puget Trough.

Core zones were Puget Sound Douglas-fir, Olympic Douglas-fir, the Cowlitz River, Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Interior Western Hemlock, Silver Fir, Mountain Hemlock, Sub-alpine Fir, and Alpine/Parkland west of the Cascades. Occurs in the wettest forests east of the Cascade crest. Good habitats in all zones were closed forest and water/wetlands. Open forest in core zones was also good habitat.

Translated from the Washington Gap Analysis Mammal Volume by Dave Lester
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