Northern grasshopper mice, unusual among rodents for being largely carnivorous, hunting insects and even other small mice, rack up 14 records in Nebraska, yet only 3 come from iNaturalist, an overwhelming GBIF trapping-survey signature rather than casual sightings of this genuinely widespread but rarely seen species. NatureServe rates the state population S5, secure.
June alone accounts for 10 of the year’s monthly-tallied records, more than a third of the total, a sharp spike that lines up far more closely with summer trapping-survey timing than with the mouse’s own year-round nocturnal activity.
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