Cotton mouse

Cotton Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Peromyscus
Species group:	P. leucopus
Species:	P. gossypinus
Binomial name
Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1850)

The cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in the United States. This mouse is very close to extinction.^[source?]