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The San
Joaquin pocket mouse has a total length of about 128 to 160 mm (5.0 to 6.3 in), including a tail of 65 to 78 mm (2.6 to 3.1 in). The tail has a short tuft of hairs at its tip. The fur on the head and body is short and soft, without spines or bristles. The colour is buff,
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Pocket mice can be distinguished from similar smaller rodents by their externally opening fur-lined cheek pouches. They differ from the kangaroo mice in not having the soles of the feet entirely covered in fur. Kangaroo rats have fur-lined pockets, but they are larger, and have a dark stripe across
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Joaquin pocket mouse feeds on seeds of grasses and various plants, carrying them back to its burrow in its cheek pouches. It may also eat soft-bodied invertebrates. It stores seed surplus to its immediate requirements in the chambers inside the burrow for use at times of year when food is
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324:International Union for Conservation of Nature
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285:. It occurs in the "Upper Sonoran
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1080:Endemic fauna of California
557:Little desert pocket mouse
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758:(Perognathus longimembris)
724:Olive-backed pocket mouse
663:(Chaetodipus penicillatus)
583:(Chaetodipus californicus)
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748:San Joaquin pocket mouse
708:White-eared pocket mouse
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597:Chihuahuan pocket mouse
589:Dalquest's pocket mouse
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764:Merriam's pocket mouse
750:(Perognathus inornatus)
726:(Perognathus fasciatus)
679:(Chaetodipus rudinoris)
621:Goldman's pocket mouse
605:San Diego pocket mouse
591:(Chaetodipus dalquesti)
559:(Chaetodipus arenarius)
766:(Perognathus merriami)
710:(Perognathus alticola)
687:(Chaetodipus spinatus)
669:Sinaloan pocket mouse
653:Nelson's pocket mouse
647:(Chaetodipus lineatus)
631:(Chaetodipus hispidus)
623:(Chaetodipus goldmani)
615:(Chaetodipus formosus)
599:(Chaetodipus eremicus)
573:Bailey's pocket mouse
306:scarce. It may become
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655:(Chaetodipus nelsoni)
575:(Chaetodipus baileyi)
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360:Perognathus inornatus
217:Perognathus inornatus
190:Perognathus inornatus
18:Perognathus inornatus
774:(Perognathus parvus)
756:Little pocket mouse
742:(Perognathus flavus)
732:Plains pocket mouse
718:(Perognathus amplus)
716:Arizona pocket mouse
671:(Chaetodipus pernix)
661:Desert pocket mouse
629:Hispid pocket mouse
607:(Chaetodipus fallax)
356:Cassola, F. (2016).
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685:Spiny pocket mouse
645:Lined pocket mouse
567:(Chaetodipus artus)
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