Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Order- Rodentia 
Latin name- Onychomys leucogaster
Facts about this guys:
  Gosh!! These guys are insane! 
Where do I start? Okay They are a lot like wolves, maybe even more vicious! They walk around as silent as possible and if they find a small or large mammal they attack it with no fear. They bite for the neck which causes sudden death. 
  Their diet consists of 90% meat. The other 10 percentage being plants and seeds.  The meat comes from animals and insects. 
  They get on their hind legs and howl also like a wolf.
  The females mature in about 100 days. Males on the other hand mature in 115 days. Once they are fully matured they have a nest of babies. This consists of 4 pups. They do this 3 times a year. When the pups are born they weigh about 0.003 kg when they are fully grown they weigh 0.o33 kg. 
Coco
Here is my drawing.

6 comments:

Ted Slampyak said...

Another great post, Coco! Only you can find a mouse that resembles a wolf!

Great drawing, too!

Stephanie said...

Love your drawings and all the little interesting facts! Thanks for sharing, Coco!

grace said...

Wow. A mouse who acts like a wolf! That is very interesting. I hope this comment works, because the one I posted yesterdayndidn't.

Coco said...

Thanks you daddy! Yes it is very hard to do. But someone else found it, right?

Stephanie, Thank you I am very happy you enjoyed them!

Nonnie, Yes it is very interesting! It quite amazing actually!:) P.s. I'm sorry the comment yesterday didn't work yesterday. I don't know why it didn't? I'll look in to it!

Jennifer K. said...

They really howl? I would like to hear that!

Coco said...

Yes they do isn't that interesting?!?
Love you mama hulk!:D