Silky Pocket Mouse

Silky Pocket Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Perognathus
Species: P. flavus
Binomial name
Perognathus flavus
Baird, 1855

The Silky Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavus) is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States.

References

  1. ^ Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Perognathus flavus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 January 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern