Arizona Pocket Mouse
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| Perognathus amplus Osgood, 1900 |
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.
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Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum
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