Grasshopper mice are unusual among rodents: despite the name, they’re mostly predators, hunting insects, scorpions, and even other mice, and they’re known for standing on their hind legs and giving a high thin howl to mark territory. Texas’s Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse records concentrate around Big Bend and the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains, the Chihuahuan desert and grassland this species needs.
The 85 Texas records show a November peak, 17 reports against single digits most other months, though the most recent record dates to August 2021, so current activity in the state is harder to confirm than the historical pattern. NatureServe ranks the species S4, Apparently Secure, in Texas, comfortable but not the top tier.
Only 3 of the 85 records come from iNaturalist, so almost everything known about this species in Texas still comes from specimen collections and targeted small-mammal surveys rather than casual sightings.
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