http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Peromyscus_maniculatus/ Geographic Range Peromyscus maniculatus is a North American species. It is distributed from the northern tree line in Alaska and Canada southward to central Mexico. It is absent from the southeastern United States and some coastal areas of Mexico within this range (Baker 1983). Biogeographic Regions nearctic native neotropical native Habitat Peromyscus maniculatus occupies many different ecological zones throughout its range. Deer mice can be found in alpine habitats, northern boreal forest, desert, grassland, brushland, agricultural fields, southern montane woodland, and arid upper tropical habitats. Also, P. maniculatus is found on boreal, temperate, and tropical islands. However, its most common habitats are prairies, bushy areas, and woodlands (King 1968). Habitat Regions temperate tropical terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes desert or dune savanna or grassland forest scrub forest mountains Other Habitat Features suburban agricultural