Common Name
Northern Pygmy Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Baiomys taylori
Status
Lower Risk
States
Arizona
Louisiana
New Mexico
Texas
Distribution
SE Arizona and SW New Mexico, Saw Oklahoma and E Texas, south to Michoacán, C Hidalgo, and C Veracruz, Mexico
Notes
Mainly nocturnal, but sometimes active by day. Constructs ball shaped nests with 1-2 openings under logs or fallen vegetation or in small burrows. Lives in grassy areas with thick ground cover - roadsides, fields, prairies, desert grasslands and open wood