Long-tailed Pocket Mouse

Long-tailed Pocket MouseThe long-tailed pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry areas in the western United States and northern Mexico. It carries seeds and other food in cheek pouches.What does it look like?Its back is gray and its underside is white. The tail has a crest and can be as long as, or longer than, the head and body together.How does it live?The long-tailed pocket mouse is a small rodent of dry areas in the western United States and northern Mexico. It carries seeds and other food in cheek pouches.It is nocturnal and eats mainly seeds, which it carries in fur-lined cheek pouches. It also eats fruit and arthropods.Keeping it safeIUCN Red List · Least Concern (LC) · Global