Grasshopper mouse

Grasshopper mice
Temporal range: Early Pliocene – Present
A grasshopper mouse eating a beetle
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Reithrodontomyini
Genus: Onychomys
Baird, 1857
Type species
Hypudaeus leucogaster
Species
  • Onychomys arenicola
  • Onychomys leucogaster
  • Onychomys torridus

Grasshopper mice are rodents of the genus Onychomys, occurring in North America. They feed on insects and other arthropods.

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