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429:Sometimes members of the genus
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488:Walker's Mammals of the World
605:Narrow-skulled pocket mouse
360:— San Joaquin pocket mouse,
597:Little desert pocket mouse
392:— Pacific pocket mouse, an
336:— Olive-backed pocket mouse
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764:Olive-backed pocket mouse
703:(Chaetodipus penicillatus)
623:(Chaetodipus californicus)
382:Southwestern United States
320:— White-eared pocket mouse
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812:Great Basin pocket mouse
788:San Joaquin pocket mouse
748:White-eared pocket mouse
679:(Chaetodipus intermedius)
653:Long-tailed pocket mouse
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774:(Perognathus flavescens)
637:Chihuahuan pocket mouse
629:Dalquest's pocket mouse
621:California pocket mouse
413:— Merriam's pocket mouse
373:Perognathus longimembris
229:Perognathus longimembris
804:Merriam's pocket mouse
790:(Perognathus inornatus)
766:(Perognathus fasciatus)
719:(Chaetodipus rudinoris)
661:Goldman's pocket mouse
645:San Diego pocket mouse
631:(Chaetodipus dalquesti)
599:(Chaetodipus arenarius)
486:Nowak, Ronald M. 1999.
806:(Perognathus merriami)
750:(Perognathus alticola)
727:(Chaetodipus spinatus)
709:Sinaloan pocket mouse
693:Nelson's pocket mouse
687:(Chaetodipus lineatus)
671:(Chaetodipus hispidus)
663:(Chaetodipus goldmani)
655:(Chaetodipus formosus)
639:(Chaetodipus eremicus)
613:Bailey's pocket mouse
341:Perognathus flavescens
328:— Arizona pocket mouse
211:Perognathus flavescens
29:Temporal range: Early
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695:(Chaetodipus nelsoni)
615:(Chaetodipus baileyi)
357:Perognathus inornatus
344:— Plains pocket mouse
333:Perognathus fasciatus
223:Perognathus inornatus
205:Perognathus fasciatus
169:Perognathus fasciatus
50:Perognathus inornatus
814:(Perognathus parvus)
796:Little pocket mouse
782:(Perognathus flavus)
772:Plains pocket mouse
758:(Perognathus amplus)
756:Arizona pocket mouse
711:(Chaetodipus pernix)
701:Desert pocket mouse
669:Hispid pocket mouse
647:(Chaetodipus fallax)
410:Perognathus merriami
352:— Silky pocket mouse
317:Perognathus alticola
235:Perognathus merriami
193:Perognathus alticola
780:Silky pocket mouse
725:Spiny pocket mouse
685:Lined pocket mouse
607:(Chaetodipus artus)
401:Southern California
302:, but will go into
242:Perognathus minutus
717:Baja pocket mouse
677:Rock pocket mouse
418:Perognathus parvus
394:endangered species
349:Perognathus flavus
325:Perognathus amplus
248:Perognathus parvus
217:Perognathus flavus
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588:Chaetodipus
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432:Chaetodipus
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399:to coastal
300:hibernators
259:Perognathus
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