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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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274:. It occurs in the "Upper Sonoran
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1069:Endemic fauna of California
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713:Olive-backed pocket mouse
652:(Chaetodipus penicillatus)
572:(Chaetodipus californicus)
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761:Great Basin pocket mouse
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697:White-eared pocket mouse
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586:Chihuahuan pocket mouse
578:Dalquest's pocket mouse
570:California pocket mouse
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197:San Joaquin pocket mouse
753:Merriam's pocket mouse
739:(Perognathus inornatus)
715:(Perognathus fasciatus)
668:(Chaetodipus rudinoris)
610:Goldman's pocket mouse
594:San Diego pocket mouse
580:(Chaetodipus dalquesti)
548:(Chaetodipus arenarius)
755:(Perognathus merriami)
699:(Perognathus alticola)
676:(Chaetodipus spinatus)
658:Sinaloan pocket mouse
642:Nelson's pocket mouse
636:(Chaetodipus lineatus)
620:(Chaetodipus hispidus)
612:(Chaetodipus goldmani)
604:(Chaetodipus formosus)
588:(Chaetodipus eremicus)
562:Bailey's pocket mouse
295:scarce. It may become
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644:(Chaetodipus nelsoni)
564:(Chaetodipus baileyi)
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206:Perognathus inornatus
179:Perognathus inornatus
763:(Perognathus parvus)
745:Little pocket mouse
731:(Perognathus flavus)
721:Plains pocket mouse
707:(Perognathus amplus)
705:Arizona pocket mouse
660:(Chaetodipus pernix)
650:Desert pocket mouse
618:Hispid pocket mouse
596:(Chaetodipus fallax)
345:Cassola, F. (2016).
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1109:Tehachapi Mountains
729:Silky pocket mouse
674:Spiny pocket mouse
634:Lined pocket mouse
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