Mearns's grasshopper mouse
| Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse | |
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| Species: | O. arenicola
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| Onychomys arenicola Mearns, 1896
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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.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London.