| Silky pocket mouse | |
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| In Pinal County, Arizona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Perognathus |
| Species: | P. flavus
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| Binomial name | |
| Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855
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| Silky pocket mouse distribution in brown | |
The silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is found in northern and central Mexico and the southwest region of the United States. It is a species of least concern, according to the IUCN, with no known major threats. The silky pocket mouse eats seeds, succulent parts of plants and nuts, and carries food in its cheek pouches. It lives in low valley bottoms with soft soils, among weeds and shrubs, where it burrows in the sand to bury seed caches. The species is more tolerant of harsh habitat conditions than other pocket mice.
- ^ Lacher, T.; Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Perognathus flavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16635A115135061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16635A22224550.en. Retrieved 25 June 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- ^ 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. p. 857. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.