Alabama+Beach+Mouse+2010




 * By: Logan M**.



The Alabama beach mouse is the smallest of the Peromyscus family in North America. It has a short tail that is usually 55-65 percent of its body length. Males are generally smaller than females. Its fur is brown to gray on its back but pure has a pure white underside and feet; with a dark brown, mid- dorsal, stripe. Due to loss of habitat the reproduction rates of the Alabama beach mouse have greatly reduced (a litter has 2-8) it. The Alabama beach mouse is endangered due o loss of habitat, hurricanes, and other storm events. In order to save the Alabama beach mouse we must stop beachfront development, stop the destruction of the scrub dunes, and create more refuges to save them from the hurricanes and other storm events. The main diet of the Alabama Beach mouse is mainly of acorns (when available), seeds, sea oats, and insects (beetles, leaf hoppers, tree bugs, and ants).