genus Perognathus

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genus Perognathus - pocket mice Perognathusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Heteromyidae, Heteromyidae - small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo ratsPerognathus flavus, silky pocket mouse - small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and MexicoPerognathus flavescens, plains pocket mouse - small rodent of open areas of United States plains stateshispid pocket mouse, Perognathus hispidus - large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States