Mearns's grasshopper mouse
| Mearns's grasshopper mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Onychomys |
| Species: | O. arenicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychomys arenicola | |
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Onychomys torridus arenicola Mearns, 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.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lautzenheiser, Evan. "Onychomys arenicola-Mearns's grasshopper mouse". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.