“This recognition is so special for our team, and is significant for the species,” said Debra Shier, who established and oversees the conservation program. Though it doesn’t receive the publicity of larger and more charismatic species, the Pacific pocket mouse is critical to its ecosystem because the mice disperse the seeds of native plants and their digging encourages plant growth, the alliance said. The hispid pocket mouse occurs across the Great Plains from southern North Dakota to central Mexico, and west from the Missouri River to the foot of the Rocky Mountains. After studying a number of cranial dimensions I chose those listed. Many of the mice will be reintroduced to the wild this spring, the alliance said.Ī new population of Pacific pocket mice was established in Orange county’s Laguna Coast Wilderness Park and the mice began breeding without human assistance in 2017, the alliance said. External measurements used were total length, length of tail, and length of hind foot. The desert pocket mouse has buff to brownish, coarse fur, and a white underside. This mouse has tan- to orange-colored fur that is softer than that of many of the other species of pocket mice.
Last year, the alliance recorded 117 pups born in a record 31 litters. The Arizona pocket mouse is a small mouse with a thinly-furred tail that does not have a brushy tip. In 2012, the alliance began a breeding program to help save the mouse from extinction.
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