Southern grasshopper mice reported in Utah cluster around Bears Ears National Monument, Book Cliffs, and Capitol Reef National Park, red-rock and high-desert country that holds the insects, scorpions, and small rodents this predatory mouse actually hunts, despite looking like an ordinary desert rodent.
All 95 Utah records come from GBIF specimen data, with reports peaking sharply in May at 32 sightings, more than double any other month, likely reflecting spring survey timing rather than a true seasonal hunting peak.
NatureServe ranks the species S1, Critically Imperiled, in Utah, the most serious status a state can assign and a real signal given how sparse Utah’s own record count already is for this predator.
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