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The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. [2] True to its common name, the medium-sized desert pocket mouse prefers sandy, sparsely vegetated desert environments.
The little desert pocket mouse reaches a length of about 154 mm (6.1 in) including a tail of 86 mm (3.4 in), with males being slightly larger than females. The fur is soft and fairly silky and there are none of the spines found in some related species though there may be a few soft bristles on the rump. The ears are dark and there is a tiny ...
Perognathinae. Perognathinae is a subfamily of rodents consisting of two genera of pocket mice. Most species live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, They feed mostly on seeds and other plant parts, which they carry in their fur-lined cheek pouches [ 2] to their burrows.
Found mainly in rocky outcrops in the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico, the rock pocket mouse is medium-sized (length ~18 cm, weight ~12–18g) and nocturnal. It eats mainly plant seeds and makes small burrows in soil close to or under rocks to evade owls, its main predator. The breeding season spans a few months, starting ...
The Great Basin pocket mouse occupies steppes and open, arid shrublands and woodlands. It most commonly occurs in sagebrush ( Artemisia spp.), shadscale ( Atriplex confertifolia ), and other desert shrublands, and in pinyon-juniper ( Pinus-Juniperus spp.) woodland. On the eastern slope of the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada, it occurs in ...
The skull and hind foot of the Pacific pocket mouse are almost the smallest of all the pocket mouse species. Individuals range from 4.25 inches (108 mm) to 5.2 inches (130 mm) in length from the nose to the tip of the tail which makes them amongst the smallest subspecies of pocket mice. The tail of the pocket mouse is 2.125 inches (54.0 mm).
Heteromyidae. Heteromyidae is a family of rodents consisting of kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice and spiny pocket mice. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the genus Heteromys are also found in forests and their range extends as far south as northern ...
The little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States. [1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is a common species and faces no ...