The giant island deer mouse[1] (Peromyscus nesodytes) is believed to have become extinct approximately 8,000 years BP and lived during the late Pleistocene on California’s Channel Islands.[2] The giant island deer mice were about 35% larger than the current-day eastern deer mouse.[1]
^ abAinis, Amira F. and Rene L. Vellanoweth (2012). Expanding the Chronology for the Extinct Giant Island Deer Mouse (Peromyscus nesodytes) on San Miguel Island, California, USA. Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology 7:146–152.
^Guthrie, D.A. (1993). New information on the prehistoric fauna of San Miguel Island: in F.G. Hochberg, ed., Third Channel Islands symposium, Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, p. 405-416.
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