Desert Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus penicillatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 154
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Desert pocket mouse”.