Pacific pocket mouse Archives - The Wildlife Society

Exploring genetics to save endangered pocket mouse

June 22, 2020

Researchers are delving into the genomes of Pacific pocket mice to help inform conservationists about the best ways to recover the federally endangered species, which has only three populations left in the wild. Despite its …

Bringing back North America’s smallest mouse

June 17, 2016

Earlier this week, 50 federally endangered Pacific pocket mice (Perognathus longimembris pacificus) were released in California’s Laguna Coast Wilderness Park as part of a project led by scientists at the San Diego Institution for Conservation …