# Identifying Hantavirus-Carrying Rodents — Deer Mouse, Pygmy Rice Rat, Bank Vole

> Different hantaviruses have different rodent reservoirs in different parts of the world. Photo-grade visual ID guide for the deer mouse (Sin Nombre virus, USA), the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Andes virus, Patagonia), and the bank vole (Puumala virus, Europe), with what each one looks like and where you'll find it.

- **URL**: https://hantacount.com/en/learn/deer-mouse-vs-andv-rodent-id
- **Kind**: learn (medically reviewed explainer)
- **Published**: 2026-05-10T20:50:00Z
- **Updated**: 2026-05-10T20:50:00Z
- **Author**: HantaCount Editorial (Health data desk)
- **Medically reviewed by**: Dr. M. Halikoğlu, MD (Infectious diseases physician (advisory))
- **Reading time**: 6 minutes
- **Keywords**: deer mouse hantavirus, Peromyscus maniculatus identification, long-tailed pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, bank vole Puumala, hantavirus rodent reservoir, rodent identification hantavirus
- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
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## Quick facts

- Source of authority: HantaCount editorial desk + named medical reviewer
- Topic family: Hantavirus, Andes virus (ANDV), MV Hondius 2026 outbreak
- Suggested cite: HantaCount Editorial (HantaCount), "Identifying Hantavirus-Carrying Rodents — Deer Mouse, Pygmy Rice Rat, Bank Vole", https://hantacount.com/en/learn/deer-mouse-vs-andv-rodent-id, 2026-05-10 (CC-BY-4.0)

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- HTML (canonical): https://hantacount.com/en/learn/deer-mouse-vs-andv-rodent-id
- Live data: https://hantacount.com/api/cases (JSON), https://hantacount.com/api/cases.csv (CSV)
- Full corpus markdown: https://hantacount.com/llms-full.txt

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