Onychomys_arenicola

Mearns's grasshopper mouse

Mearns's grasshopper mouse

Species of rodent

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]

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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

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    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.
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