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Plains Pocket Mouse

Perognathus flavescens

Classification

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.

Distribution

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