POCKET MOUSE

small jumping rodent of W North America and as far south as N South America. More closely related to the squirrel than the true mouse, the pocket mouse gets its name from the fur-lined cheek pouches in which it carries its food. It varies in length from 3 to 12 in. (7.6–30.5 cm) according to the species and has hind legs elongated for jumping. Species of the genus Perognathus are soft furred; species of the genera Liomys and Heteromys have stiff, flattened spines mixed in with the fur. The pocket mouse is a solitary, nocturnal animal, living in grass-lined burrows in desert and semidesert regions; one Heteromys species lives in humid forests. The rodent feeds on seeds and other vegetable matter. It can live for long periods without free water by utilizing the moisture available from food and its own digestive processes and by secreting concentrated urine. Females give birth to several litters a year, each litter containing from one to eight young. Gestation takes from 24 to 33 days. Pocket mice have many natural enemies but in captivity have lived as long as five years. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Heteromyidae.

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books on: Pocket Mouse  - 7581 results

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Pocket PC Computers: A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers
Book by Adam Gramling, Michael Curtis, Kyle Reese, Adam Wieczorek, Cathleen Norris, Elliot Soloway; International Society for Technology in Education, 2004
Subjects: Education--Data Processing, Pocket Computers
...stylus as your Pocket PCs only tapper, for the screen on your Pocket PC is very sensitive. While it is possible to use other soft-tipped...the screen. The analogy to a desktop computer is clicking a mouse. Almost everything on the handheld is done by making a single...
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Gary in Your Pocket: Stories and Notebooks of Gary Fisher
Book by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Don Belton, Gary Fisher; Duke University Press, 1996
Subjects: African American Gays--Literary Collections, Aids (Disease)--Patients--Literary Collections, Fisher, Gary--1962?-1994--Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Etc, Gay Men--United States--Literary Collections
Gary in your pocket SERIES Edited by Michele Aina Barale...and Kosofsky Sedgwick Gary in your pocket Stories and Notebooks of Gary Fischer...dead foot before the other, dead hands pocketed, in fists around my keys and around some...
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Administrative Solutions for Handheld Technology in Schools
Book by David Pownell, Gerald D. Bailey; International Society for Technology in Education, 2003
Subjects: Educational Technology, Pocket Computers
...easy to carry, fitting nicely into pockets, briefcases, or handbags. The word...and disadvantages. Laptops have For PocketPC Software, large screens, keyboards, and...types of handhelds. Microsoft makes the PocketPC operating system, which is used on...
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Handheld Computers and Smartphones in Secondary Schools: A Guide to Hands-On Learning
Book by Bard Williams; International Society for Technology in Education, 2004
Subjects: Cellular Telephones, Education, Secondary--Data Processing, Educational Innovations, Educational Technology, Pocket Computers
...any what you can fit in your pocket today. teenager and ask him...Its just like clicking your mouse on your desktop computer. Almost...transformed into readable text. Pocket PCs offer three handwriting...hard button (on smartphones). Pocket PCs use the same terminology...
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Hopi Animal Tales - Vol. 2
Book by Ekkehart Malotki, Ken Gary, Michael Lomatuway'ma, Lorena Lomatuway'ma, Sidney Namingha; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Animals--Folklore, Hopi Indians--Folklore, Tales--Arizona
...2 How Field Mouse Helped the People of...290 25 Why the Pocket Mice Staged a Dance...the Moon," "Why the Pocket Mice Staged a Dance...repertoire "How Field Mouse Helped the People of...Shungopavi, "How Field Mouse Helped the People of...
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Is the Pen Mightier Than the Mouse? Recent Technology Developments Confirm That Pentop Computing Is Set to Make Its Mark in K-12 Education
Journal article by Dave Berque; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 33, 2005
Subjects: Computer peripherals--Evaluation, Computer software industry--Management, Microsoft Corp.--Management, Software industry--Management
...be aggregated, analyzed, and discussed. The FLY and PDA are pocket-sized; however, most other educational, pen-based devices come...interactive pen display. A graphics tablet is typically the size of a mouse pad, and plugs into a desktop or laptop using a USB cable. The...
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Skip This Article: (If You Don't Back Up Your Computer): A Few Mouse Clicks Can Save Your Data
Journal article by Simon Petravick; Journal of Accountancy, Vol. 201, 2006
Subjects: Backup software--Usage, Data security--Management, Information storage and retrieval--Management
...moving parts and are very rugged. Some users carry them in their pockets, or even hang them on a necklace. They still are a bit pricey...out-of-office use. One launches a Pocket-size drive backup; the other...
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Pocket-sized Psychology Studies: Exploring Daily Diary Software for Palm Pilots
Journal article by Benjamin Le, Hat Nim Choi, Daniel J. Beal; Behavior Research Methods, Vol. 38, 2006
Subjects: Computer science, Data collection, Handheld computers, Polls & surveys, Psychology, Software packages, Studies
...specified via the desktop computer interface, and beyond the inputting of item text with the keyboard, most functions use the mouse or keyboard shortcuts. In addition to copying and pasting text, PMAT 2.0 allows for copying and pasting of individual questions...
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Indonesian Folktales
Journal article by Kristina Lindell; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Folk Tales from Bali and Lombok, 3d ed. (Book), Folk Tales from Indonesia, 8th ed. (Book), Indonesian Folk Tales, 7th ed. (Book), Indonesian Mouse Deer Fables, 3d ed. (Book), More Folk Tales from Indonesia (Book), Other Folk Tales from Indonesia, 2d ed. (Book)
...the water, he put one veil into his pocket. When they came up again, six of the...tales deal with one single animal--the mouse-deer. As is said in the Introduction, a mouse-deer is neither a deer nor a mouse but looks like an elegant combination...
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Products Focus: PDAs
Journal article by Jim Schneider; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 28, 2001
Subjects: Casio Cassiopeia E-125 (Personal digital assistant)--Evaluation, Casio Computer Company Ltd.--Products, Compaq Computer Corp.--Products, Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC (Personal digital assistant)--Evaluation, Handspring Inc.--Products, Handspring Visor (Personal digital assistant)--Evaluation, Microsoft Corp.--Products, Palm IIIc (Personal digital assistant)--Evaluation, Palm Inc.--Products, Palm M100 (Personal digital assistant)--Evaluation, Personal digital assistants--Evaluation
...models: Stylus In place of a mouse or keyboard, PDAs use a touchscreen...systems, Palm OS or Windows for Pocket PC (also known as Windows CE...OS devices, while Windows for Pocket PC uses a program called Character...and ActiveSync for Windows for Pocket PC), and a physical connection...
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The Mouse That Roars
Magazine article by Chris Madson; National Wildlife, Vol. 33, October 1995
Subjects: Mice--Behavior
...revealed a pronounced predatory potential, killing and eating deer mice, pocket mice and mountain voles, the last weighing perhaps half again as much as its attacker. A captive male mouse in Oklahoma slaughtered a male cotton rat three times his size...
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Unleashing the Beast in Your Coat Pocket
Magazine article by Paul Wallich; Popular Science, Vol. 262, June 2003
Subjects: Cellular telephones, Computer programming
...Unleashing the Beast in Your Coat Pocket by Paul Wallich Way...Englebart was inventing the mouse, either of them would have...streaming-video clients into peoples pockets and onto their belts. If...webcam viewers into peoples pockets.
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Office Ergonomics for Maximum Performance
Magazine article by William H. Kincaid; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 61, May 1999
Subjects: Chair design--Health aspects, Ergonomics--Management, Keyboards (Computers)--Health aspects, Keyboards (Electronics)--Health aspects, Lighting--Health aspects, Mice (Computer peripherals)--Health aspects, Mouse devices (Computers)--Health aspects, Noise pollution--Health aspects, Occupational safety and health, Office management, Safety regulations, Ventilation--Health aspects, Video monitors--Health aspects
...carpal tunnel that can he reduced by a wrist pad. The optimum mouse location will usually be low and close to the body. Desktop...periodically while working. Employees should keep their back pockets free of thick items, such as large wallets or pocket notebooks...
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Intelligence, Language, Morality: The Neuroscience of Human Endurance
Magazine article by Kenneth W. Krause; The Humanist, Vol. 69, May-June 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News From the Front Lines of Memory Research (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains - The Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Brain (Essay collection)--Book reviews
...distinction. As Gazzaniga points out, the human brain weighs in at a mere two percent of its body weight whereas the pocket mouse brain comprises a full 10 percent of its total heft. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Even relative to our closest cousins, the...
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California, Here I Come
Magazine article by Tom Bethell; National Review, Vol. 39, February 27, 1987
Subjects: Bird, Rose--Evaluation, Budget--California, Budgeting--California, Budgets--California, California--Social aspects, Periodicals, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library--Public opinion, San Francisco, California, Silicon Valley--Economic aspects, Stanford University--Social aspects
...seems to be Californias unofficial yuppie mouthpiece. Stegner sides with the kangaroo rat, the coyote, and the spring pocket mouse, and feels good about it. "To say the Cranston bill represents a giant step toward establishing in law the aesthetic...
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newspaper articles on: Pocket Mouse  - 238 results

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HAPPY CLICKMAS; 'Twas the Month before Christmas and All through the House Not a Creature Was Stirring, but the Mouse Was Going Ballistic. There's No Need to Leave Your Fireside and Suffer the Indignity of Christmas Shopping on the High Street: You Can Buy All Your Presents Online. So Put on Your Pyjamas, Grab an Early Mince Pie and Let Our One-Stop, Online Present Directory Be Your Guiding Star
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 18, 2005
...boys best friends. Dig deep into your pocket for this classic, sit-on, lever-action...well. pounds sterling16.99, www.101cd.com Pocket poetry Bespoke stationers Smythson make...long way: the latest MP3 Walkman is a pocket-sized affair in violet, silver or pink...
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COMING SOON... the Death of the Mouse, the Rise of the Mobile, the Melting of the Ski Slopes and the Return of Tailoring. Victoria Stewart and Jasmine Gardner Look into a Crystal Ball -- with a Little Help from London's Futurologists -- and Discover What's in Store for Us All
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 24, 2009
Subjects: Ski resorts
...Voice activation is already around but the mouse will be gone by about 2016, says Watson...service if they already have a phone in their pocket, says Daniel Burris, CEO of Burris Research...at the future reveals the death of the mouse Choc of the new: the future is sweet Heavy...
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COMING SOON... the Death of the Mouse, the Rise of the Mobile, the Melting of the Ski Slopes and the Return of Tailoring. Victoria Stewart and Jasmine Gardner Look into a Crystal Ball - with a Little Help from London's Futurologists - and Discover What's in Store for Us All
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 24, 2009
...Voice activation is already around but the mouse will be gone by about 2016, says Watson...service if they already have a phone in their pocket, says Daniel Burris, CEO of Burris Research...at the future reveals the death of the mouse Choc of the new: the future is sweet Heavy...
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The Mouse Who Roars for Disney; CRISIS AT MAGIC KINGDOM
Newspaper article by Allan Hall; The Mirror (London, England), December 14, 1996
Subjects: Eisner, Michael D., Ovitz, Michael
...hired Ovitz as president of his pounds 32-billion-a year-Mickey Mouse operation he thought he had a marriage made in heaven. But...Hollywood buzzing yesterday, not least by reports that he will pocket close to pounds 100m. No one in Tinseltown had a better pedigree...
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A Game of Cat and Mouse
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 2, 2008
...Sleuth" unfolds as a cat-and-mouse game in which the cat and mouse routinely switch roles. Set in the English countryside circa...Marguerites jewelry, pawn it through one of Andrews associates and pocket the profits. As for Andrew, hell recoup the "loss" from the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pocket Mouse  - 4 results

 
 
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Pocket Mouse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POCKET MOUSE small jumping rodent of W North America...the squirrel than the true mouse, the pocket mouse gets its name from the fur-lined cheek...flattened spines mixed in with the fur. The pocket mouse is a solitary, nocturnal animal, living...
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Mouse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and gerbil . Still other families of the Myomorpha include the dormouse , jumping mouse , and jerboa . The pocket mouse and the kangaroo rats and mice are members of the suborder Sciuromorpha, or squirrellike rodents. House Mouse...
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Kangaroo Rat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...jumping desert rodent, genus Dipodomys, related to the pocket mouse . There are about 20 kangaroo rat species, found throughout...related genus, Microdipodops, is called the kangaroo mouse, or dwarf kangaroo rat. It is about 6 in. (15 cm) in total...
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Rodent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...gopher (or pocket gopher), pocket mouse , kangaroo rat , and beaver...rodents, include a great variety of mouse and rat species, as well as species...bandicoot rat , and jumping mouse . Bibliography See Sir J. R...


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