Arizona mammals

Plains pocket mouse in Arizona

Perognathus flavescens

Native to Arizona S4 Apparently Secure in Arizona

Not listed as nonindigenous in Arizona by USGS NAS; native to its Arizona range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Plains pocket mouse in Arizona, by the numbers

Rare in Arizona 117th most recorded of 158 mammals logged in Arizona

144 occurrence records

Records from 2000–2026.

144 total records count every Arizona occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 143; the monthly chart covers the 143 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Plains pocket mouse in Arizona

Most sightings fall in August.

143 Arizona occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Arizona records (table)
MonthRecords
January1
February2
March2
April21
May16
June26
July16
August53
September3
October3
November0
December0

Monthly plains pocket mouse occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Arizona, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Arizona, with recorded sightings peaking in August.

Occurrence map

Where Plains pocket mouse has been recorded in Arizona

143 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

143 Arizona records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
State Trust Land 12
Petrified Forest National Park 3
Wupatki National Monument 1

Protected places with the most plains pocket mouse sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Arizona

CountyRecords
Coconino County 58
Navajo County 58
Pima County 12
Apache County 9
Cochise County 5
Gila County 1
Other localities 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 6 Arizona counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Plains pocket mouse holds a bottom-third record in Arizona, reaching the state’s southeastern grasslands at the western margin of a range that otherwise runs across the central and southern Great Plains.

All of the recorded sightings fall in May and June, likely reflecting a single spring trapping survey rather than a true seasonal window for a nocturnal, burrow-dwelling mouse that could plausibly be active well beyond those two months.

More mammals in Arizona in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"