Common Name
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Onychomys leucogaster
Status
Data Deficient as O. l. durranti, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
States
Arizona
California
Colorado
Iowa
Idaho
Kansas
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Distribution
S Alberta, S Saskatchewan, and SW Manitoba, Canada, south through much of Great Plains and Great Basin region of USA, to NC Sonora and N Tamaulipas, Mexico
Notes
Nocturnal; most active on dark moonless nights. Much more carnivorous than most mice, taking large scorpions and beetles and some small vertebrates; also eats seeds and plant material. Mostly very solitary. Habitat is deserts, grasslands, prairies and shr