PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered
YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 1994
CRITICAL HABITAT: None
RECOVERY PLAN: 1998
RANGE: Endemic to coastal southwestern California; historically occurred at a minimum of eight locales encompassing 29 sites from Los Angeles County south to San Diego County
THREATS: Severe and continuing loss of habitat to urban and agricultural use; remaining population imminently threatened by land development, fuel modification for fire protection, and domestic- and feral-cat predation
POPULATION TREND: The population of the Pacific pocket mouse has declined markedly from severe and continuing loss of habitat due to urban and agricultural expansion. NatureServe notes that the “remaining population consists of a few dozen individuals.”