Merriam's pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Merriam's pocket mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Perognathus merriami
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the Merriam's pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Merriam's pocket mouse in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Merriam's pocket mouse endangered?

The Merriam's pocket mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Merriam's pocket mouse?

The Merriam's pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Perognathus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Merriam's pocket mouse

Merriam's pocket mouse (Perognathus merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northeast Mexico and New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the United States. Its habitat is shortgrass prairie, desert areas with scrub and arid shrubland. The species is named to honor Clinton Hart Merriam, a biologist who first described several other members of the genus Perognathus, and first elucidated the principle of a "life zone" as a means of characterizing ecological areas with similar plant and animal communities.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Merriam's pocket mouse (revision 1314950296), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769211 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).