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title: "Desert Pocket Mouse"
description: "Chaetodipus penicillatus — Mammiferi. The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/desert-pocket-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Desert Pocket Mouse

> Chaetodipus penicillatus — Mammiferi. The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodipus penicillatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 832
- Wikidata: [Q167650](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167650)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44094](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44094)

## Names

- en: Desert Pocket Mouse
- de: Große Wüstentaschenmaus
- es: Ratón de abazones desértico

## Countries with the most observations

US (175), MX (62)

## Summary

The desert pocket mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) is a North American species of heteromyid rodent found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.  True to its common name, the medium-sized desert pocket mouse prefers sandy, sparsely vegetated desert environments.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pocket_mouse

## Photo

![Desert Pocket Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-pocket-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196389167

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-pocket-mouse?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).