Desert Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus penicillatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The desert pocket mouse is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. True to its common name, the medium-sized desert pocket mouse prefers sandy, sparsely vegetated desert environments.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Chaetodipus