The Arizona pocket mouse (''Perognathus amplus'') is a
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
native to the
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...
. It is a small mouse with a thinly furred tail that is smooth from base to tip (i.e. it has no tuft). In color it ranges from tan to orange. It is a
nocturnal
Nocturnality is a ethology, behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnality, diurnal meaning the opposite.
Nocturnal creatur ...
, burrowing animal. It eats seeds, which it carries back to its burrow in its cheek pouches.
References
External links
Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Micefrom the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
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Perognathus
Mouse, Arizona Pocket
Mouse, Arizona Pocket
Mammals described in 1900
Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood