Mice with Pockets, and Others

Burgess Animal Book Chapter 18

Midget
Silky Pocket Mouse (Perognathus flavus)
1. He weighs less than an ounce.
2. He is a good jumper and has pockets on the outside of both of his cheeks.
3. He makes burrows in the ground and gets along without drinking water (which is a necessity living in the hot, dry country).

Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
1. He eats may kinds of insects, but he especially loves grasshoppers and crickets.
2. In the evening he makes a shrill whistling call.

Western Harverst Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
1. He is one of the smallest in the mouse family.
2. He loves grassy, weedy, or brushy places.
3. He builds his nest in a round ball of grass, and keeps the inside nice and neat.

Nibbler
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
1. He came to America in boats and is a great pest to man.

2. He lives in between walls of houses and often gnaws holes in them.
3. He eats all kinds of food.
4. Cats are his greatest enemies.