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Descriptor English: Peromyscus
Descriptor Spanish: Peromyscus
Descriptor Peromyscus
Scope note: Género de la subfamilia Hesperomyinae constituido por 49 especies. Dos de ellas son utilizadas ampliamente en investigación médica: el P. leucopus o ratón de patas blancas, y el P. maniculatus o ratón ciervo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Peromyscus
Descriptor French: Peromyscus
Entry term(s): Deer Mice
Deer Mouse
Mice, Deer
Mice, White Footed
Mice, White-Footed
Mouse, Deer
Mouse, White Footed
Mouse, White-Footed
White-Footed Mice
White-Footed Mouse
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635.075.500.510
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010542
Scope note: A genus of the subfamily SIGMODONTINAE consisting of 49 species. Two of these are widely used in medical research. They are P. leucopus, or the white-footed mouse, and P. maniculatus, or the deer mouse.
Annotation: NIM when experimental animal
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mice (1966-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
DeCS ID: 29506
Unique ID: D010542
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/12
Revision Date: 2017/07/07
Peromyscus - Preferred
Concept UI M0016373
Scope note A genus of the subfamily SIGMODONTINAE consisting of 49 species. Two of these are widely used in medical research. They are P. leucopus, or the white-footed mouse, and P. maniculatus, or the deer mouse.
Preferred term Peromyscus
Mice, White-Footed - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0016372
Preferred term Mice, White-Footed
Entry term(s) Mice, White Footed
Mouse, White Footed
Mouse, White-Footed
White-Footed Mice
White-Footed Mouse
Mice, Deer - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0016371
Preferred term Mice, Deer
Entry term(s) Deer Mice
Deer Mouse
Mouse, Deer



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