Blackish Grass Mouse

Blackish Grass MouseThe blackish grass mouse is a small rodent that uses tunnels beneath leaf litter. A survey in southern Brazil recorded it in deciduous forest with pitfall traps.What does it look like?The genus Thaptomys is described as small, with short velvety fur, tiny eyes, a relatively short sparsely haired tail, and developed foreclaws.How does it live?The blackish grass mouse is a small rodent that uses tunnels beneath leaf litter. A survey in southern Brazil recorded it in deciduous forest with pitfall traps.The FUNASA genus account describes Thaptomys as terrestrial and living in natural tunnels beneath forest leaf litter. A southern Brazilian survey caught this species in pitfall traps.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.