Arizona Pocket Mouse
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The Arizona Pocket Mouse (Perognathus amplus) is a rodent
native to the Sonoran desert
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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.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
native to the Sonoran desert
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of the U.S. states of Arizona and California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest...
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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
Nocturnal animal
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal"....
, burrowing animal. It eats seeds, which it carries back to its burrow in its cheek pouches.
External links
- Heteromyidae: Kangaroo Rats & Pocket Mice from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum