Common Name
Rock Pocket Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Species Name
Chaetodipus intermedius
States
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
Utah
Distribution
Southcentral Utah and Arizona to western Texas, south to central Sonora and central Chihuahua, Mexico.
Notes
Subspecies listed by Hoffmeister (1974), Hall (1981), and Williams et al. (1993). Burrow entrances are usually near or under rocks. Inactive (torpid) November-February. Found in rocky areas with boulders.