Olive-backed Pocket Mouse

Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Perognathus
Species:	P. fasciatus
Binomial name
Perognathus fasciatus Wied-Neuwied, 1839

The Olive-backed Pocket Mouse (Perognathus fasciatus) is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is found in the central Great Plains of Canada and the United States.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Perognathus fasciatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 January 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern