Nevada mammals

Spiny pocket mouse in Nevada

Chaetodipus spinatus

Native to Nevada S3 Vulnerable in Nevada

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

Spiny pocket mouse foraging on leaf litter at night, dark eye and long whiskers visibleSpiny Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)
Photo: MarvalPhotography19 · CC BY 4.0Spiny pocket mouse foraging on leaf litter at night, dark eye and long whiskers visiblePhoto: Diego Maldonado de la Torre · CC BY 4.0Spiny Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus)

Spiny pocket mouse in Nevada, by the numbers

Rare in Nevada 104th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

12 occurrence records

When to look for the Spiny pocket mouse in Nevada

Most sightings fall in April.

12 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence. Based on a small number of dated records; the seasonal pattern may not be representative.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March4
April8
May0
June0
July0
August0
September0
October0
November0
December0

Monthly spiny pocket mouse occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in April.

Occurrence map

Where Spiny pocket mouse has been recorded in Nevada

12 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

12 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Lake Mead National Recreation Area 4

Protected places with the most spiny 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 Nevada

CountyRecords
Clark County 12

The complete county distribution, spread across 1 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the spiny pocket mouse are anchored by Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Great Basin National Park. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The Nevada records bridge the state’s southern desert country and its higher central or northern ranges. That broad spread matters more than any single hotspot. The monthly pattern is fairly spread out rather than confined to one Nevada season. It tracks observer records and shouldn’t be read as a population count.

The file combines 0 research-grade iNaturalist records and 12 GBIF records. Those 12 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

Spiny pocket mouse foraging on leaf litter at night, dark eye and long whiskers visible
Full species profile Spiny pocket mouse Chaetodipus spinatus Size 8.4 cm3.3 in Weight 13–18 g0.5–0.6 oz Lifespan Up to 1.3 yr View the full profile

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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"