Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve White-footed mouse - Peromyscus leucopus. This mouse is a prey species of owls - especially screech owls and barred owls. Unfortunately, this small rhodent is also an important host in the life cycle of the deer tick and the spread of Lyme disease.
Photo Category: Estuaries - Fauna
Photo Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Photo Date: 1996 October
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