Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse

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iChihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse
Conservation status
Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Neotominae Genus: Onychomys Species: O. arenicola
Binomial name
Onychomys arenicola Mearns, 1896

The Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse or Mearns's Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys arenicola) is a grasshopper mouse found in southwestern New Mexico, west Texas, and north-central Mexico. They are similar to Onychomys torridus, but differ in karyotype and size. The Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse is smaller.

They are found in semi-arid habitat, prairie and scrub. They feed largely on insects and other invertebrates, including scorpions. They also feed on small muroid rodents and pocket mice.

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Onychomys arenicola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.