Pat, a Pacific pocket mouse at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, is 9 years old, making him the oldest living mouse in human care. (Ken Bohn / San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance) ...

The Plains pocket mouse has a longer tail and larger hind feet than Merriam’s Pocket Mouse. Both species have buffy patches behind their ears and small, white spots at the base of each ear.

An environmental group dedicated to protecting the endangered Pacific pocket mouse is appealing to Dana Point's Planning Commission decision to restrict daily public use of a trail at Dana Point.

The tiny Pacific pocket mouse, named Pat after Patrick Stewart, weighs about the same as three pennies and is part of a San Diego-based conservation breeding program for the endangered species ...

A tiny California mouse named after “Star Trek" actor Patrick Stewart achieved the Guinness World record for longevity. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced Wednesday that a Pacific ...

SAN DIEGO — A tiny California mouse now has a big title after winning a Guinness World record for longevity. A Pacific pocket mouse named Pat - after "Star Trek" actor Patrick Stewart - received ...

9-Year-Old Pocket Mouse Named 'Oldest Living Mouse in Human Care' The tiny, endangered mouse is part of a San Diego Zoo conservation breeding and reintroduction program. By.

Since 1932, the Pacific pocket mouse population took a massive plunge, eventually presumed to be extinct for 20 years. Then, a small group of these mice were found in 1993 in Orange County.

SAN DIEGO — A tiny California mouse now has a big title after winning a Guinness World record for longevity. A Pacific pocket mouse named Pat — after “Star Trek” actor Patrick Stewart ...

A tiny mouse is proving that even the smallest beings can make a big impact — by cementing his place in the record books. Pat, a Pacific pocket mouse named after actor Sir Patrick Stewart, has ...

Born July 14, 2013, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, he arrived during the first year of the organization’s Pacific pocket mouse conservation breeding and reintroduction program.