First Records of Deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in the Copper River Basin, Southcentral Alaska

Small mammals of Alaska such as voles, mice, squirrels, shrews, and bats are some of the least known mammals in North America. MacDonald et al focus on the elucidation of zoogeography of mammalian ticks and tick-borne disease. Several sampling sites totaling 464 trap nights of effort were located near the Tiekel River in the Copper River basin of southcentral Alaska. They used samples of dried muscle tissue to extract and sequence a diagnostic DNA marker.