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Northern Grasshopper Mouse

Onychomys leucogaster

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 202, February 188, March 211, April 310, May 395, June 238, July 239, August 262, September 263, October 214, November 185, December 208.
United States15,441
New Mexico2,915
Canada2,633
Texas2,608
Colorado2,398
Saskatchewan2,224
Nebraska1,819
Kansas1,109
Oklahoma954
Utah892

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Classification

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

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