silky pocket mouse

/ˌsɪlki ˌpɑkət maʊs/
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Other forms: silky pocket mice

Definitions of silky pocket mouse
  1. noun
    small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
    synonyms: Perognathus flavus
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    type of:
    pocket mouse
    any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
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