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Rock Pocket Mouse

Chaetodipus intermedius

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 246, February 224, March 297, April 395, May 361, June 176, July 218, August 296, September 195, October 185, November 191, December 214.
United States6,697
Arizona2,998
New Mexico1,978
Texas961
California549
Nevada141
Utah69
Mexico3
Chihuahua2
Colorado1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyKangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice · Heteromyidae
GenusChaetodipus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rock Pocket Mouse with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.