This small pocket mouse carries seeds in cheek pouches. It comes above ground at night and spends the day in a soil burrow.
Its back is olive-gray and its underside is pale. It has cheek pouches on either side of its mouth for carrying seeds.
It is active above ground at night and spends the day in a burrow in loose soil. It carries seeds in its cheek pouches and stores them in the burrow.
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