{{Short description|Extinct subspecies of rodent}} {{subspeciesbox | name = Pallid beach mouse | status = TX | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100123/Peromyscus_polionotus_decoloratus |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> | extinct = 1959 | genus = Peromyscus | species = polionotus | subspecies = decoloratus | authority = A.H. Howell, 1939 }}
The '''pallid beach mouse''' or '''Ponce de Leon beach mouse''' ('''''Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus'''''), is an extinct subspecies of the oldfield mouse, a rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was a subspecies of the genus ''Peromyscus'', a closely related group of New World mice often called "deermice". It was endemic to Florida in the United States.
== Distribution == It was known from two locations in Florida: Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County.
== Description == The average pallid beach mouse was {{convert|4|to|8|cm|in}} in length. This subspecies burrowed into dunes for protection.
== Extinction == The exact cause of extinction is unknown, but it is presumed to have been from a combination of habitat destruction due to property development, competition with invasive rodents, and predation from feral cats.
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Category:Peromyscus Category:Rodent extinctions since 1500 † Category:Extinct rodents Category:Extinct animals of the United States Category:Mammals described in 1939
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