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Southern Grasshopper Mouse

Onychomys torridus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 177, February 161, March 214, April 284, May 259, June 127, July 157, August 213, September 140, October 133, November 137, December 154.
United States6,532
Arizona2,156
California2,113
Nevada1,492
Texas353
New Mexico315
Utah95
Colorado3
Wyoming1
Minnesota1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusGrasshopper Mice · Onychomys

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