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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Spiny Pocket Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
The Spiny Pocket Mouse is somewhat shaggy. Its spines, which are mostly on the rump, are not nearly as stiff as porcupine quills. Learn more about the Chaetodipus spinatus, more commonly known as a Spiny Pocket Mouse, in this...