Common Name
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Perognathus fasciatus
States
Colorado
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Distribution
Great Plains from southeastern Alberta, Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba, Canada, to northeastern Utah, southern Colorado and eastern South Dakota.
Notes
Revised by Williams and Genoways (1979). Reviewed by Manning and Jones (1988a, Mammalian Species No. 303). Active year-round, but may enter torpor in cold weather. Prefers short-grass rangeland.