Perognathus flavus - #1182
Silky Pocket Mouse
Side view, P. f. flavus
Geographic Distribution
Great Plains and intermountain plateaus from South Dakota, E Wyoming, and SE Utah (USA) south to Sonora and Puebla (Mexico).
Order/Family
Heteromyidae
Genus
Perognathus
Specific Epithet
flavus
Image Location
Sandoval Co., NM, USA
Image Date
1991
Photographer
R B Forbes