Many wildlife species, such as Sonoran pronghorn antelopes (EN) (Antilocapra sonoriensis), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the endemic Bailey's pocket mouse (Perognathus baileyi) use ironwood, cacti species and other vegetation as both shelters from the harsh climate and a water source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonoran desert] Reference

The ecoregion is also home to a few endemic or near-endemic vertebrates, such as the white-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticolis) and five endemic and near-endemic amphibians, largely Plethodontid salamanders.    From Wordnik.com.  [California montane chaparral and woodlands] Reference

Several rodents are endemics or near-endemics to southern valley habitats including the Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis), Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), San Joaquin pocket mouse (Perognathus inornatus), and giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens).    From Wordnik.com.  [California Central Valley grasslands] Reference

Many species of mammals have their distribution limits in this area (e.g. Perognathus flavus), or have been recorded only in this region (bats such as Myotis californica, Myotis volans and Lasiurus xanthinus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Balsas dry forests] Reference

The silky pocket mice (Perognathus flavus) of Mexico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference

In terms of the fauna, the Balsas dry forest is considered as a zone with high mammalian diversity and includes the Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), coati (Nasua narica), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), jaguar (Pantera onca), coyote (Canis latrans), grey fox (Urocyn cinereoargenteus), and silky pocket mouse (Perognathus flavus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Balsas dry forests] Reference

Geographic variation in Perognathus hispidus.    From Wordnik.com.  [manybooks.net] Reference

Two new pocket mice of the genus Perognathus.    From Wordnik.com.  [manybooks.net] Reference