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Pocket Mice
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Pocket Mice

Perognathinae

Perognathinae is a subfamily of rodents consisting of two genera of pocket mice. Most perognathines live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, They feed mostly on seeds and other plant parts, which they carry in their fur-lined cheek pouches to their burrows.

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2 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 30 known species

Coarse-haired Pocket Mice

genusChaetodipus

Silky Pocket Mice

genusPerognathus

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