pocket mouse

Any of various small nocturnal burrowing rodents of the genera Perognathus and Chaetodipus, found from western North America to northern South America and having fur-lined external cheek pouches, small ears, and a long tail.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pocket mouse

(Animals) any small mouselike rodent with cheek pouches, of the genus Perognathus, of desert regions of W North America: family Heteromyidae

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pock′et mouse`

any burrowing rodent of the family Heteromyidae, esp. of the genus Perognathus, of arid regions of W North America, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.

[1880–85, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail

pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches

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

Liomys irroratus, Mexican pocket mouse - large pocket mouse of Mexico

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Other species trapped were three individuals of the pocket mouse Chaetodipus fallax and one woodrat (Neoloma bryanti).

The San Quintin Kangaroo Rat is Not Extinct

Offering young readers a magical blend of art, high adventure, and natural history, "Sand Dune Daisy" is the charming story of Daisy who is a playful, young pocket mouse who must navigate her way through a challenging environment meeting a colorful cast of desert characters and conditions along the way.

Sand Dune Daisy

A big one and in pen., worry not, Tipp-Ex's Pocket Mouse correction tape allows you to cover it up with one easy stroke and can keep on covering up to 10 metres of mistakes.

BIC range will keep you top OF THE CLASS

Severinghaus and Goran (1982) noted 13 species of mammals including eight species of ground-dwelling rodents in the far-southern Grand Prairie of Coryell and Bell counties: fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus), fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens), plains harvest mouse (R.

Habitat associations of the rodent community in a grand prairie preserve

For many, it's a surprising contrast, with troops preparing for war, yet taking precautions to not disturb animals such as the red-cockaded woodpecker and thumb-size Pacific pocket mouse. But military officials downplay the relationship, saying they're concerned primarily with national security.

Endangered species thrive on US military ranges

It is also home to 14 threatened and endangered animal species including San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus wootori), arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo californicus microscaphus), steelhead salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss), tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberry), Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi), Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus), and seven species of birds.

Partnerships from Hawaii to North Carolina: the readiness and environmental protection initiative

A new species of Vexillata (Nemata: Ornithostrongylidae) from the coarse-haired pocket mouse Chaetodipus hispidus in New Mexico.

Vexillata liomyos (Nemata: Ornithostrongylidae) de Liomys irroratus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) de Sierra de Monte Negro Morelos, Mexico

Washington, January 30 (ANI): A team of biologists has reported the existence of a new species of spiny pocket mouse in Venezuela.

Biologists identify new spiny pocket mouse species

Species with fewer than 10 individuals captured included the prairie vote (9), least shrew (Cryptotis parva; 3), hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus; 2), southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooped; 2), and thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus; 1).

Influence of woody vegetation on small mammals in tallgrass prairie

The Jolly-Seber method (Krebs 1999) was used to estimate total rodent density and density of three species (i.e., Mexican spiny pocket mouse, white-footed mouse [Peromyscus leucopus] and hispid cotton rat [Sigmodon hispidus]) that were recaptured frequently enough to permit calculation of the Mean Maximum Distance Moved (MMDM).

Rodent communities of native woodland, replanted, and secondary succession sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas

DESPITE ITS RATHER GRAND NAME, THE GREAT BASIN POCKET MOUSE IS THE KIND OF ANIMAL YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T GIVE A SECOND GLANCE.

Splendour in the grass: seen from a shrew's-eye view, this arid South Okanagan landscape--British Columbia's most endangered ecosystem--is a virtual carnival of rare creatures