pocket mouse meaning

Noun: pocket mouse

1. Any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail

Derived forms: pocket mice

Type of: pocket rat

Part of: family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae

Encyclopedia: Pocket mouse

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1. Abandoned pocket gopher mounds are often tunnelled by the silky pocket mouse.
2. The height of the pocket mouse is . 625 inches.
3. This pocket mouse is endemic to a small area of central Mexico.
4. "Chaetodipus penicillatus " is a medium-sized pocket mouse.
5. The Pacific pocket mouse has been on the endangered species list since 1994.