Definition of Grasshopper mouse

1. Noun. Insectivorous mouse of western North America.

Group relationships: Genus Onychomys, Onychomys
Generic synonyms: Field Mouse, Vole

Literary usage of Grasshopper mouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"A new grasshopper mouse from New Mexico, 155, 194. Notes on the fossil walrus of Eastern North America, 155, 196. Sandberger, Fridolin, announcement of ..."

2. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"SAN BERNARDINO GRASSHOPPER-MOUSE. Upper and Lower Austral, n, 12. 70. ... LONG-TAILED GRASSHOPPER-MOUSE. Upper Austral, 15. 73. Peromyscus texanus gambeli. ..."

3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... cactus mouse0 pinon mouse0 brush mouse0 rock mouse0 northern grasshopper mouse southern grasshopper mouse southern plains woodrat white-throated woodrat ..."

4. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"158 The Silky and Spiny Pocket Mice, grasshopper mouse, Harvest Mouse and House Mouse. XIX TEENY WEENY AND His COUSIN . . . 166 The Common or Long-tailed ..."

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