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Little Pocket Mouse

Perognathus longimembris

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24 photos

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 659, February 571, March 594, April 737, May 716, June 527, July 451, August 459, September 583, October 596, November 766, December 590.
United States13,638
California7,249
Nevada4,867
Utah896
Arizona611
Oregon8
Idaho7
Mexico1
Baja California1

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
GenusPerognathus

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