Great Basin Pocket Mouse - Perognathus parvusĪfrica Asia Australia/Oceania Europe North/Central America South America NH Species Great Basin Pocket Mouse - Perognathus merriami Los Angeles Little Pocket Mouse - Perognathus longimembris San Joaquin Pocket Mouse - Perognathus inornatus Plains Pocket Mouse - Perognathus flavescens Olive-backed Pocket Mouse - Perognathus fasciatus White-eared Pocket Mouse - Perognathus alticolusĪrizona Pocket Mouse - Perognathus amplus Soda Spring Valley Kangaroo Mouse - Microdipodops pallidus Owyhee River Kangaroo Mouse - Microdipodops megacephalus Jaliscan Spiny Pocket Mouse - Liomys spectabilis Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse - Liomys salvini Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse - Liomys pictus Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse - Liomys irroratus Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse - Liomys adspersus Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys oresterus Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys nelsoni Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys gaumeri
Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys australisĭesmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys desmarestianus Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys venustusĬaribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse - Heteromys anomalus Stephens' Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys stephensi Phillip's Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys phillipsiiĭulzura Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys simulansīanner-tailed Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys spectabilis Panamint Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys panamintinus San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys nitratoides Nelson's Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys nelsoni Houserock Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat- Dipodomys microps Merriam's Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys merriami Margarita Island Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys margaritae San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys insularis Heermann's Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys heermanni San Quintin Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys gravipes Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys compactus Spiny Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus spinatusĬalifornia Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys californicus Sinaloan Pocket Gopher - Chaetodipus pernixīaja Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus rudinoris Nelson's Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus nelsoniĭesert Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus penicillatus Lined Pocket Gopher - Chaetodipus lineatus Rock Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus intermedius Hispid Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus hispidus Goldman's Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus goldmani Long-tailed Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus formosus San Diego Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus fallax Narrow-skulled Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus artusīailey's Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus baileyiĬalifornia Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus californicusĭalquest's Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus dalquestiĬhihuahuan Desert Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus eremicus Little Desert Pocket Mouse - Chaetodipus arenarius Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game New Hampshire Species Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status, or there is no status data for the species. Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct Many species in this family don't need to drink a lot of water to survive and some speci es don't need to drink water at all! They usually store food in their cheek pouches and bring it back to their burrow. The species in this family eat seeds and plant parts. Pocket mice are smaller than kangaroo rats and their don't have long rear legs and feet. Some species like the kangaroo rats, have long legs and long rear feet for jumping! They have long tails with tufts of fur on the end. They have fur-lined cheek pouches, round eyes, and round ears. Many species in this family are found in deserts or grasslands. Despite their name, kangaroo rats and pocket mice are not rats or mice! They are nocturnal and are found in western North America, Central America, and South America. There are around 62 species of rodents in this family. Heteromyidae - kangaroo rats, pocket mice
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