The Arizona pocket mouse (Perognathus amplus) is a rodent native to the Sonoran Desert. 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, burrowing animal. It eats seeds, which it carries back to its burrow in its cheek pouches.
| Arizona pocket mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Perognathus |
| Species: | P. amplus
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| Binomial name | |
| Perognathus amplus Osgood, 1900
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References
edit- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2016). "Perognathus amplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16633A22224910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16633A22224910.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
edit- Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum