Silky pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the silky pocket mouse lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Perognathus flavus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the silky pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silky pocket mouse in 2 countries and territories across North America.

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 silky pocket mouse endangered?

The silky 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 silky pocket mouse?

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

About the silky pocket mouse

The silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in northern and central Mexico and the southwest region of the United States. It is a species of least concern, according to the IUCN, with no known major threats. The silky pocket mouse eats seeds, succulent parts of plants and nuts, and carries food in its cheek pouches. It lives in low valley bottoms with soft soils, among weeds and shrubs, where it burrows in the sand to bury seed caches. The species is more tolerant of harsh habitat conditions than other pocket mice.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silky pocket mouse (revision 1315348711), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q586809 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).