Notes on mycophagy in four species of mice in the genus Peromyscus

Authors

Chris Maser, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon
Zane Maser, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Abstract

Fungal spores in the stomach contents and/or feces of 696 Peromyscus spp. showed that about half had eaten fungi: of 486 deer mice (P. maniculatus), 48%; of 160 white-footed mice (P. leucopus), 59%; of 40 canyon mice (P. crinitus), 12%; and of 10 pi ñ on mice (P. truei), 90%.

Recommended Citation

Maser, Chris and Maser, Zane (1987) "Notes on mycophagy in four species of mice in the genus Peromyscus," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 47: No. 2, Article 17.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol47/iss2/17