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Hesperomys leucopus
Mouse Mouse (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus, AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf. Muscle, Musk.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Murid[ae]. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

Meaning of Hesperomys from wikipedia

- hemorrhagic fever. The genus was originally named Hesperomys, but was changed to Calomys in 1962. Hesperomys was introduced by George Robert Waterhouse in...
- the now-defunct genus Hesperomys, but since the 1890s, it has been universally recognized as a genus distinct from Hesperomys, with the marsh rice rat...
- Gyldenstolpia fronto. Lund named the animal Hesperomys molitor and placed it in the same genus (Hesperomys) as what is now Pseudoryzomys simplex and two...
- Gerais, Brazil. Winge described the species as Hesperomys simplex, and placed it in the same genus (Hesperomys) as the species now called Lundomys molitor...
- nigripes Olfers, 1818 Oryzomys delticola Thomas, 1917 Hesperomys eliurus Wagner, 1845 Hesperomys pygmaeus Wagner, 1845 Mus tarso nigro Fischer, 1814 Oryzomys...
- destructor (Tschudi, 1844) Synonyms Hesperomys destructor Tschudi, 1844 Oryzomys stolzmanni maranonicus Osgood, 1914 Hesperomys melanostoma Tschudi, 1844 Oryzomys...
- be discovered. It was originally described in the defunct genus Hesperomys as Hesperomys albigularis and considered related to the much smaller H. longicaudatus...
- the American mink in its native range are rats and mice of the genera Hesperomys, Microtus, Sigmodon, and Neotoma. Marsh rabbits are frequently taken in...
- animal Hesperomys couesi, placing it in the now-defunct genus Hesperomys, and noted similarities to the marsh rice rat (then called Hesperomys palustris)...
- Notiomys valdivi**** chiloensis Osgood, 1925 Geoxus fossor Thomas, 1919 Hesperomys (Acodon) michaelseni Matschie, 1898 Oxymycterus microtis J.A. Allen, 1903...