Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse

Salvin's Spiny Pocket MouseSalvin's spiny pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and searches for seeds of woody plants. In the dry forests of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, it has also been reported caching seeds.What does it look like?Its back and upper sides are brownish gray, and its underside is cream white. Fur-lined cheek pouches carry seeds and insect pupae.How does it live?Salvin's spiny pocket mouse carries seeds in fur-lined cheek pouches and searches for seeds of woody plants. In the dry forests of Área de Conservación Guanacaste, it has also been reported caching seeds.In ACG dry forest, it searches for, caches, and eats mature seeds from woody plants. The account also reports moth pupae and possibly other dormant insects in its diet.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.