The little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Baja California and Sonora in Mexico and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah in the United States.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is a common species and faces no particular threats and the IUCN has listed it as being of "least concern".
Five mice of this species travelled to and orbited the Moon 75 times in an experiment on board the Apollo 17 command module in December 1972. Four of the mice survived the trip.[2] Six other little pocket mice were sent into orbit with Skylab 3 in July 1973, though these animals died only 30 hours into the mission due to a power failure.[3][4]
^ abLinzey, A.V. (2008). "Perognathus longimembris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
^Haymaker, W., Look, B., Benton, E. & Simmonds, R. Biomedical Results of Apollo. Chapter 4: The Apollo 17 Pocket Mouse Experiment. NASA SP-368, 1975.
^Souza, Kenneth, Robert Hogan, and Rodney Ballard, eds. Life into Space: Space Life Sciences Experiments. NASA Ames Research Center 1965—1990 Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1995. NASA Reference Publication-1372 (online version).
^Borkowski, G., Wilfinger, W. & Lane P. "Laboratory Animals in Space Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine," Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 2-4, Winter 1995/1996.
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