Distribution and Habitat
Peromyscus polionotus occurs only in the southeastern United States from central Alabama, south-central Tennessee, western South Carolina, northeastern Mississippi, and Georgia to the Gulf Coast and through western and most of peninsular Florida.
The mice prefer sandy fields and beaches but will choose corn and cotton fields and occasionally hedgerows and open timber tracts. Land and beachfront development threaten habitat. Populations of up to six per acre have been recorded.
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