The mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei is the sole enzootic vector of EVEV (2-4); rodents, particularly
Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse) and Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat), are the primary reservoir hosts (5-7).
These openings allowed access by all small rodent species common in our study area (most commonly
Peromyscus gossypinus, the cotton mouse; Golley et al., 1965).
Raccoons (Procyon lotor), birds, cotton mice (
Peromyscus gossypinus), and feral hogs also were occasionally eaten.
Comparison of helminths of three species of mice, Podomys floridanus,
Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from southern Florida.
Zonorchis komareki also parasitizes
Peromyscus gossypinus (Mcintosh 1939, Kinsella 1991) and Peromyscus polionotus (Kinsella 1991).
A study of homing in the cotton mouse,
Peromyscus gossypinus. American Midland Naturalist 65:257-289.
fontinella are probably the cotton mouse,
Peromyscus gossypinus (Leconte), golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli (Harlan) and Florida mouse, Podomys floridanus (Chapman) (Pearson 1954; Layne 1963; Bigler & Jenkins 1975).
The cotton mouse,
Peromyscus gossypinus, is known to inhabit undisturbed riparian woodlands and swamps of the southeastern coastal plain.
Testing of Carbaryl Flea Powder--The most common rodents were Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat),
Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton deermouse), Reithrodontomys fulvescens (fulvous harvest mouse), Baiomys taylori (northern pygmy mouse), Oryzomys pallustris (marsh oryzomys), and Neotoma floridana (eastern woodrat).
McCarley (1959) noted that a one-week inundation resulted in a differential rate of mortality between cotton mice (
Peromyscus gossypinus) and golden mice.
McCay (2000) found that 14% of cotton mice (
Peromyscus gossypinus) day refuges occurred under upturned root boles; the majority (69%) occurred in rotting stumps.