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They consume seeds, desert shrubs and grasses. The take shelter in burrows from the heat during daily light hours and become active nocturnally. The Spiny Pocket Mouse are found within boulders, washes, rocky slopes, coarse soil and sparse vegetation. They range in length from 16.4 cm (6.5 inches) to 22.5 cm (8.9 inches) and 13 g (0.46 oz) and 18 g (0.63 oz) in weight. They vary in color based on location but are generally a drab brown dorsally transitioning to tan on the sides with the spines having black tips. They have small round ears and long tails that are slightly longer than their head and body. These spines differentiate it from other pocket mice in other genera. They have long hair and flexible spines on their back for which it named. The Spiny Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus spinatus, is a Rodent that is member of the Heteromyidae Family of Pocket Mice and are known in Mexico as ráton de abazones de Baja California. Photograph courtesy of Brad Murakami, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. “Catch” courtesy of Mike Rousseau, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Note that the babies are differently colored than their mom. A mom with four suckling babies found in fishing tackle in a storage shed in the greater Buenas Aires area of Los Barilles, Baja California Sur, December 2019. Spiny Pocket Mouse, Chaetodipus spinatus. Terrestrial Life – Alphabetical Index by Family.Terrestrial Life – Alphabetical Index by Common Name.Terrestrial Life – Alphabetical Index by Genus and Species.Shells – Alphabetical Index by Genus and Species.Shells – Alphabetical Index by Common Name.

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