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Perognathus

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Noun1.Perognathus - pocket micePerognathus - pocket mice                          
genus Perognathus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae - small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
Perognathus flavus, silky pocket mouse - small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
Perognathus flavescens, plains pocket mouse - small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
hispid pocket mouse, Perognathus hispidus - large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
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pocket mice (Chaetodipus californicus, Perognathus inornatus), California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beechyi), pocket gophers (Thomomys bottae), grasshoppers (Acrididae), Jerusalem crickets (Gryllacrididae), and beetles (Eleodes spp.
Interspecific interactions among wild canids: implications for the ... by Cypher, Brian L.; Clark, Howard O., Jr.; Kelly, Patrick A.; Van Horn Job, Christine; Warrick, Gregor / Endangered Species Update
Four species (Sigmodon hispidus = hispid cotton rat, Tamias minimus = least chipmunk, Chaetodipus hispidus = hispid pocket mouse, and Perognathus flavus = silky pocket mouse) with fewer than five expected dual captures but one or more observed dual captures were not evaluated further.
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