Deer Mouse

Deer Mouse (Hesperomys), often called Vesper Mouse, a genus of American rodents representing in the New World the Old-World mice, from which they differ only in trivial characters. The white-footed or deer mouse (H. leucopus) is found over the greater part of North America in several varieties. It is about 3 inches in length, of variable but frequently fawn colour; sometimes arboreal, sometimes burrowing; feeding chiefly on corn and nuts, which it stores for winter. See MOUSE.