The Arizona pocket mouse (''Perognathus amplus'') is a

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

native to the

Sonoran desert The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion 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 ...

. 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 an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...

, burrowing animal. It eats seeds, which it carries back to its burrow in its cheek pouches.

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Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice
from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum {{Taxonbar, from=Q1766129 Perognathus Mouse, Arizona Pocket Mouse, Arizona Pocket Mammals described in 1900