Desert Pocket Mouse

(Chaetodipus penicillatus)

Description:

This mouse is very similar to the Long-Tailed Pocket Mouse. Subtle ear shape and size are one of the keys to distinquishing the two species. Near Cottonwood Spring in southern Joshua Tree National Park. Riverside County California.

Date Taken: 2016:09:28 8:57

Location:

Cottonwood Spring
Joshua Tree National Park, California
United States
3011.96 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D3X, 105 mm, f/11.0, 1/250

File Name: DesertPocketMouse_D3X8179-JackDaynes-Web

© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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