| Anurogryllus muticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Anurogryllus |
| Species: | A. muticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anurogryllus muticus | |
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Anurogryllus muticus, also known as De Geer's short-tailed cricket[2] or simply short-tailed cricket (a name common to many Anurogryllus species) is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae.
It is native to Bermuda, the West Indies, Central and South America. It is nocturnal and hides in a burrow by day.
- ^ "Species Anurogryllus muticus (De Geer, 1773)". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
- ^ Walker, T. J. (1973). "Systematics and acoustic behavior of U.S. and Caribbean short-tailed crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Anurogryllus)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 66: 1269–1277. doi:10.1093/aesa/66.6.1269.