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.