Great Basin Pocket Mouse

Perognathus parvus

Class

Mammalia

Order

rodentia

Family

heteromyidae

Genus

perognathus

With a pale pink underside and ashy tan color back, the Great Basin Pocket Mouse are nocturnal searching for seeds, grasses, and shrubs during the night and remain in their burrows during the day. They can be found in many habitats of shrub and grasslands. 

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