Definition of pocket mouse Pocket mouse
pock•et mouse
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What does pocket mouse mean?
WordNet
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| 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 | ||
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"Chaetodipus" is a genus of pocket mouse. Like other members of their family such as pocket mice in the genus "Perognathus", they are more closely related to pocket gophers than to true mice.
Characteristics.
Members of this genus range in size from 80-125 mm (head and body) and weigh 15-47 grams (Nowak, 1999). Unlike the silky pocket mice (genus "Perognathus"), most species of the genus "Chaetodipus" have harsh pelage with some bordering on spiny hair. They tend to be found in arid habitats where they feed on seeds, vegetation, and insects (Nowak, 1999). Females give birth to a litter of 2-9 young after a gestation period of just under a month. The longest recorded lifespan is 8 years and 4 months (Nowak, 1999).
Sometimes members of the genus "Chaetodipus" are placed in the genus "Perognathus".
