Division of Mammals
open weekdays 8am - 5pm
visitors welcome by appointment
information for visitors
phone: (505) 277-1360
fax: (505) 277-1351
museum administrator
Perognathus flavescens
Plains Pocket Mouse
painting by Elizabeth McClelland from Kays and Wilson's Mammals of North America, © Princeton University Press (2002)
Native to New Mexico: yes
Habitat: desert shrubland, grassland
Feeding Behavior: granivore, insectivore
Museum Holdings: Arctos database
Specimen Map: BerkeleyMapper
Other Resources: Smithsonian and Animal Diversity Web
Distribution Map:
