Perognathus

Many wildlife species, such as Sonoran pronghorn antelopes (EN) (Antilocapra sonoriensis), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the endemic Bailey's pocket mouse (Perognathus baileyi) use ironwood, cacti species and other vegetation as both shelters from the harsh climate and a water source.

Sonoran desert 2009

The ecoregion is also home to a few endemic or near-endemic vertebrates, such as the white-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticolis) and five endemic and near-endemic amphibians, largely Plethodontid salamanders.

California montane chaparral and woodlands 2008

Several rodents are endemics or near-endemics to southern valley habitats including the Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), San Joaquin pocket mouse (Perognathus inornatus), and giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens).

California Central Valley grasslands 2008

Many species of mammals have their distribution limits in this area (e.g. Perognathus flavus), or have been recorded only in this region (bats such as Myotis californica, Myotis volans and Lasiurus xanthinus).

Balsas dry forests 2007

The silky pocket mice (Perognathus flavus) of Mexico.

Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

= Perognathus flavescens cockrumi = new subspecies

manybooks.net 2010

= Perognathus flavescens cockrumi = new subspecies

manybooks.net 2010

In terms of the fauna, the Balsas dry forest is considered as a zone with high mammalian diversity and includes the Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), coati (Nasua narica), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), jaguar (Pantera onca), coyote (Canis latrans), grey fox (Urocyn cinereoargenteus), and silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus).

Balsas dry forests 2007

Within the Chaco Canyon proper the Moki kangaroo rat (Dipodomys longipes), banner tailed kangaroo rat (D. spectabilis baileyi), Baird's pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus flavus), scorpion or grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster melanophrys), white-footed or tawny deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus rufinus), antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus cinnamomeus),

Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937