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Mearns's grasshopper mouse

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Mearns's grasshopper mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 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

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  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.
  • Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.