Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse

Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Neotominae
Genus:	Onychomys
Species:	O. arenicola
Binomial name
Onychomys arenicola Mearns, 1896

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

1. ^ Linzey, A.V., Timm, R., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Onychomys arenicola. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2009. 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.