• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Rodentia
• Family: Heteromyidae
• Genus: Chaetopidus
• Species: Chaetopidus penicillatus

1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pocket_mouse

• Also known as Sonoran Desert Pocket Mouse

2:http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=42

• lives SE California, S Nevada, S Arizona, SW New Mexico
• Also in Baja Californai and Sonora in Mexico

3:http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=12700267

• Mostly in a desert with few vegitation and plants
• Nocturnal
  
• Likes being on sand not rock

4: http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Heteromyidae/Chaetodipus/Chaetodipus-penicillatus.htm

2

• Lenth Ranges from 155-185 mm
• Average length is 177 mm
• Weight Ranges to 13-20 g
• Average weight is 16 g
• Size of a mans thumb
• has large teeth in front of mouth called insisors
• has long tail which is longer than body
• White on underside
  
• As yellow or gray fur
  

1,2

5: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/chaepeni.htm

• Gets its water from food
• Protects its self in burrows
• Made for arid places like desert

6:http://sibr.com/mammals/M093.html

• Eats seeds, grasses, shrubs and green plants, sometimes insects
  
• Eats seeds from palo verde and mesquite
• Is a granivore and eats seeds

1,2,6

• Is eaten by evil owls and snakes.
• It is even betrayed by its fellow mammels and is hunted by big ones

6

Leat Concern/LC

1

• Breeds in the spring
• give birth to 1+ litters containing 2-5 babys

1

• Life Span is barly 1 year
• Could be a annoying in field or at home
• Spreads the seeds it eats

7:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chaetodipus_penicillatus.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2913562912_ab36f30e47.jpg?v=0

http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/rodents/320-pocket-mouse-4285.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3497297534_d1af47c7f5.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~sceniclandscapes/photos/mojave/soda/soda16.jpg

^ Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, , "Desert pocket mouse". Wikipedia. 3/1/10 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pocket_mouse>.

Woodhouse, S.W , "Desert pocket mouse". North American Mammels. 3/1/10 http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=42

Woodhouse, "Chaetodipus penicillatus". mammle species of the world. 3/1/10 <http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=12700267>.

Arnold, L. W, "Desert pocket mouse". 3/1/10 <http://sibr.com/mammals/M093.html>.

Woodhouse, "Desert pocket mouse". Mammels of Texas. 3/1/10 <http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/chaepeni.htm>.

Chebes, L. 2002. "Chaetodipus penicillatus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 01, 2010 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chaetodipus_penicillatus.html.

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Rodentia
• Family: Heteromyidae
• Genus: Chaetopidus
• Species: Chaetopidus penicillatus

1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pocket_mouse

• Also known as Sonoran Desert Pocket Mouse

2:http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=42

• lives SE California, S Nevada, S Arizona, SW New Mexico
• Also in Baja Californai and Sonora in Mexico

3:http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=12700267

• Mostly in a desert with few vegitation and plants
• Nocturnal
  
• Likes being on sand not rock

4: http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Heteromyidae/Chaetodipus/Chaetodipus-penicillatus.htm

2

• Lenth Ranges from 155-185 mm
• Average length is 177 mm
• Weight Ranges to 13-20 g
• Average weight is 16 g
• Size of a mans thumb
• has large teeth in front of mouth called insisors
• has long tail which is longer than body
• White on underside
  
• As yellow or gray fur
  

1,2

5: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/chaepeni.htm

• Gets its water from food
• Protects its self in burrows
• Made for arid places like desert

6:http://sibr.com/mammals/M093.html

• Eats seeds, grasses, shrubs and green plants, sometimes insects
  
• Eats seeds from palo verde and mesquite
• Is a granivore and eats seeds

1,2,6

• Is eaten by evil owls and snakes.
• It is even betrayed by its fellow mammels and is hunted by big ones

6

Leat Concern/LC

1

• Breeds in the spring
• give birth to 1+ litters containing 2-5 babys

1

• Life Span is barly 1 year
• Could be a annoying in field or at home
• Spreads the seeds it eats

7:http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chaetodipus_penicillatus.html

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2913562912_ab36f30e47.jpg?v=0

http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/rodents/320-pocket-mouse-4285.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3497297534_d1af47c7f5.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~sceniclandscapes/photos/mojave/soda/soda16.jpg

^ Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, , "Desert pocket mouse". Wikipedia. 3/1/10 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pocket_mouse>.

Woodhouse, S.W , "Desert pocket mouse". North American Mammels. 3/1/10 http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=42

Woodhouse, "Chaetodipus penicillatus". mammle species of the world. 3/1/10 <http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=12700267>.

Arnold, L. W, "Desert pocket mouse". 3/1/10 <http://sibr.com/mammals/M093.html>.

Woodhouse, "Desert pocket mouse". Mammels of Texas. 3/1/10 <http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/chaepeni.htm>.

Chebes, L. 2002. "Chaetodipus penicillatus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 01, 2010 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chaetodipus_penicillatus.html.