Desert Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus penicillatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyHeteromyidae (Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice)
- GenusChaetodipus (Coarse-haired Pocket Mice)
- SpeciesChaetodipus penicillatus (Desert Pocket Mouse)
Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree National Park
Spiny Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus spinatus
Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus formosus
San Diego Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus fallax
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys merriami
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys deserti
Little Pocket Mouse
Perognathus longimembris
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
Ammospermophilus leucurus
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
California Chipmunk
Tamias obscurus
Desert Woodrat
Neotoma lepida
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Desert Pocket Mouse in Joshua Tree National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Desert Pocket Mouse sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Desert Pocket Mouse in Joshua Tree National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Desert Pocket Mouse in Joshua Tree National Park in our monthly data.