1. (noun) small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats

• family heteromyidae

1. (noun) small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats

• dipodomys
• genus dipodomys
• genus liomys
• liomys
• genus microdipodops
• microdipodops
• genus perognathus
• perognathus
• pocket mouse

1. (noun) small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats

• mammal family

1. (noun) small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats

• sciuromorpha
• suborder sciuromorpha