Mearns's grasshopper mouse

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Mearns's grasshopper mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Onychomys
Species:
O. arenicola
Binomial name
Onychomys arenicola
Mearns, 1896 [2]
Synonyms

Onychomys torridus arenicolaMearns, 1896

Mearns's grasshopper mouse or the Chihuahuan 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. This mouse is smaller in every regard except for the nasal length of the skull. [3]

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

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References

  1. Timm, R.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Lacher, T. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Onychomys arenicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T15337A115127153. Retrieved 21 April 2021..
  2. Mearns, Edgar A. (1896). "Preliminary Diagnoses of New Mammals from the Mexican Border of the United States". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 19 (1103): 139–140. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1103.137.
  3. Lautzenheiser, Evan. "Onychomys arenicola-Mearns's grasshopper mouse" . Retrieved 1 October 2012.