Grasshopper mice Temporal range: Early Pliocene – Present
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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[1] | |
Species | |
Grasshopper mice are rodents of the genus Onychomys, occurring in North America. They feed on insects and other arthropods.