Olive-backed pocket mouse

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Olive-backed pocket mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Perognathus
Species: P. fasciatus
Binomial name
Perognathus fasciatus
Wied-Neuwied, 1839

The olive-backed pocket mouse (Perognathus fasciatus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in the central Great Plains of Canada and the United States.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Perognathus fasciatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 January 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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