Little Pocket Mouse
Perognathus longimembris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyHeteromyidae (Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice)
- GenusPerognathus (Silky Pocket Mice)
- SpeciesPerognathus longimembris (Little Pocket Mouse)
Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree National Park
Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys merriami
Desert Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus penicillatus
Desert Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys deserti
Spiny Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus spinatus
Long-tailed Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus formosus
San Diego Pocket Mouse
Chaetodipus fallax
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
Fewer than 5 records of Little Pocket Mouse at Joshua Tree National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Joshua Tree National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |