Plains pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Perognathus flavescens
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 plains pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the plains 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 plains pocket mouse endangered?

The plains 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 plains pocket mouse?

The plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Perognathus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the plains pocket mouse

The plains pocket mouse (Perognathus flavescens) is a heteromyid rodent of North America. It ranges from southwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota to northern Texas east of the Rockies, and from northern Utah and Colorado to northern Chihuahua west of the Rockies.

It has soft silky fur and grows to be 5 inches (13 cm) long, although nearly half of that is the tail.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Plains pocket mouse (revision 1315076071), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767602 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).