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Noun: Perognathus
  1. Pocket mice, containing the white-eared pocket mouse, Arizona pocket mouse, olive-backed pocket mouse, plains pocket mouse, silky pocket mouse, San Joaquin pocket mouse, little pocket mouse, Merriam's pocket mouse, and Great Basin pocket mouse (Perognathus)
    - genus Perognathus

Type of: mammal genus

Part of: family Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae

Encyclopedia: Perognathus