| Olive-backed pocket mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Perognathus |
| Species: | P. fasciatus
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| Perognathus fasciatus Wied-Neuwied, 1839
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The olive-backed pocket mouse (Perognathus fasciatus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is found in the central Great Plains of Canada and the United States where it is widespread and relatively common; the IUCN considers it to be of "least concern".
- ^ Linzey, A.V. & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Perognathus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 856–857. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.