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and has a short period of activity for the first two hours after sunset, and then sporadic activity through the rest of the night. It sleeps in winter and is only active between April and November with numbers building up rapidly in the spring, peaking in June and July. It forages for seeds, plant
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The little pocket mouse is common within most of its range although it is scarce in Baja California. The population appears to be steady and no particular threats have been identified for this species so the
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This small mouse, with a long tail, inhabits arid and semiarid habitats with grasses, sagebrush and other scrubby vegetation. It is
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Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1995. NASA Reference Publication-1372 (online version).
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in December 1972. Four of the mice survived the trip. Six other little pocket mice were sent into orbit with
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O'Farell, Michael J. (1974). "Seasonal Activity Patterns of Rodents in a Sagebrush Community".
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in July 1973, though these animals died only 30 hours into the mission due to a power failure.
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Life into Space: Space Life Sciences Experiments. NASA Ames Research Center 1965—1990
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Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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Biomedical Results of Apollo. Chapter 4: The Apollo 17 Pocket Mouse Experiment
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material and small invertebrates which it carries back to its burrow in its
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travelled to and orbited the Moon 75 times in an experiment on board the
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Souza, Kenneth, Robert Hogan, and Rodney Ballard, eds.
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Haymaker, W., Look, B., Benton, E. & Simmonds, R.
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Heteromyidae
Perognathus
Binomial name
Coues
rodent
Heteromyidae
Baja California
Sonora
Mexico
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
United States
habitat
grassland
IUCN

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