silky pocket mouse


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Related to silky pocket mouse: Perognathus flavescens, Dipodomys, Spiny Pocket Mouse
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Noun1.silky pocket mouse - small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
Perognathus flavus
pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
genus Perognathus, Perognathus - pocket mice
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Species that were detected in 1975-1976 (Nelson's pocket mouse Chaetodipus nelsoni and silky pocket mouse), but not in my study, were functionally similar to those recorded as new in this community (R.
Assemblages of rodents in riparian forests along the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, Texas: current and historic insights on the effects of invasion by saltcedars
merriami (sensu Lee & Engstrom 1991; Schmidly 2004), or that the silky pocket mouse is simply a more variable species for dental characters examined in this study.
Discrimination between small and medium-sized species of west Texas pocket mice (Perognathus, Chaetodipus) by characters of the lower dentition
Species preferences of allopatric and sympatric populations of silky pocket mouse, genus Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae).
Taxonomic status and species limits of Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the southern great plains

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