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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species occurs primarily in semi-arid or arid environments characterized by short grasses and clumps of prickly pear, nopal, cactus, or low thornbrush interspersed with open patches of bare ground. It inhabits open, sandy deserts of the eastern Mesa Central in once continuous, now isolated patches of short grass with clumps of prickly pear cacti (Opuntia, Cactaceae).
Little has been recorded on foods habits. Some captured individuals had seeds and small green leaves or young plants in their pouches. The species uses burrow systems with a single entrance. A female recorded in June had two embryos, and two females taken in October had three embryos each; also some juveniles were reported in April, August, and November. From this information it is concluded that the reproductive period is prolonged (Jones and Genoways 1975).
Little has been recorded on foods habits. Some captured individuals had seeds and small green leaves or young plants in their pouches. The species uses burrow systems with a single entrance. A female recorded in June had two embryos, and two females taken in October had three embryos each; also some juveniles were reported in April, August, and November. From this information it is concluded that the reproductive period is prolonged (Jones and Genoways 1975).
Range:
This species occurs (or occurred) in a series of terminal basins of the eastern Mesa Central along the eastern one-half of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. These basins extend from the Valley of Mexico in the Distrito Federal (where the species is now considered extinct) and immediately adjacent Mexico and Hidalgo (phillipsii), through the Cuenca Oriental of Tlaxcala, Pueblo, and western Veracruz (perotensis), to the Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Valley of southern Puebla and northern Oaxaca (oaxacae). It is known altitudinal distribution is from 950 m to 2,850 m (Jones and Genoways 1975).
Conservation:
It is not known whether this species occurs in any protected areas.