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The southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus) is a species of predatory rodent in the family Cricetidae, [2] native to Mexico and the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States. [1] Notable for its resistance to venom, it routinely preys on the highly venomous Arizona bark scorpion.
This is a list of mammals of Arizona. It includes species native to the U.S. state of Arizona and mammals accidentally introduced into the state. However, it does not include domesticated animals that become feral and cause major disruptions to various ecosystems .
The five buried animal kills and processing locations contained bones of mammoth, bison, horses, camels, canids and rodents. [1] [4] A worker found a single pot sherd on the surface of the site that was associated to use approximately 1300 to 1450 CE. [1] The archaeologists noted peoples have used the spring over an extended period.
The Dia Art Foundation is continuing to advocate for the development of James Turrell's Roden Crater project in the Painted Desert in Arizona which was begun in the 1970s with Dia's support. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] James Turrell, who purchased the Roden Crater in 1979, had plans to open the crater for public viewing in 2011, [ 13 ] but now has ...
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Arizona is home to one of the most well-preserved meteorite impact sites in the world. Created around 50,000 years ago, the Barringer Meteorite Crater (better known simply as "Meteor Crater") is a gigantic hole in the middle of the high plains of the Colorado Plateau, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Winslow. [59]
The Arizona pocket mouse (Perognathus amplus) is a rodent native to the Sonoran Desert. It is a small mouse with a thinly furred tail that is smooth from base to tip (i.e. it has no tuft). In color it ranges from tan to orange. It is a nocturnal, burrowing animal. It eats seeds, which it carries back to its burrow in its cheek pouches.
Acting on this information, the CDC dispatched a rat trapping team to New Mexico on June 7th, who proceeded to capture around 1,700 rodents from June to mid-August at patient and control sites. The most commonly captured rodent was the eastern deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). [8] [10] [11]