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Arizona Pocket Mouse

Perognathus amplus Osgood, 1900

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

An Arizona pocket mouse at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium.

An Arizona pocket mouse at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium.

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Open encyclopedia reference

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.

Wikipedia contributors, Arizona pocket mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:34:00.419110+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Perognathus amplus Osgood, 1900
Name authority
Osgood, 1900
Common name
Arizona Pocket Mouse
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Heteromyidae
Genus
Perognathus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955
  13. familyHeteromyidae Gray, 1868
  14. subfamilyPerognathinae Coues, 1875
  15. genusPerognathus Wied-Neuwied, 1839
  16. speciesPerognathus amplus Osgood, 1900

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Perognathus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Olive-backed Pocket MousePerognathus fasciatus Wied-Neuwied, 1839HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Plains Pocket MousePerognathus flavescens Merriam, 1889HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Merriam's Pocket MousePerognathus merriami J. A. Allen, 1892HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Columbia Plateau Pocket MousePerognathus parvus (Peale, 1848)HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-eared Pocket MousePerognathus alticolus Rhoads, 1894HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Silky Pocket MousePerognathus flavus Baird, 1855HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
San Joaquin Pocket MousePerognathus inornatus Merriam, 1889HeteromyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 52 records assigned to Heteromyidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

North America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180256 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6V5LS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.