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Weird Animal Names: Great Basin Pocket Mouse LbNA #29444 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Mar 24, 2007
Location:
City:Spokane
County:Spokane
State:Washington
Boxes:1
Planted by:The Fat Lady
Found by: Pied Piper
Last found:Nov 11, 2007
Status:FFFr
Last edited:Mar 24, 2007
One assumes the Great Basin Pocket Mouse was named, like any other species of Pocket Mouse, because it is small enough to fit into a pocket. This begs the question: Has anyone run into a mouse too LARGE to fit into a pocket? Further, what would one call such a rodent? The Eddie Bauer Canvas Duffel Mouse?

Putting aside these burning questions, how does one find a Great Basin Pocket Mouse in the wild? In this regard, two facts are significant: This species is nocturnal, and it hibernates during winter. Practically speaking, this means 1) you will need to bring a powerful flashlight, and 2) you’ll have to brush away any snow that obscures clues to the pocket mouse’s whereabouts.

Here is a good place to begin looking:

http://home.comcast.net/~the_fat_lady/letterbox.html