| pocket mouse | (n) any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail |
| hispid pocket mouse | (n) large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States, Syn. Perognathus hispidus |
| mexican pocket mouse | (n) large pocket mouse of Mexico, Syn. Liomys irroratus |
| plains pocket mouse | (n) small rodent of open areas of United States plains states, Syn. Perognathus flavescens |
| silky pocket mouse | (n) small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn. Perognathus flavus |