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Chaparral monkey grasshopper

Morsea californica Scudder, 1898

Status not recordedinsects

The chaparral monkey grasshopper (Morsea californica) is a species in the family Eumastacidae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the chaparral monkey grasshopper

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chaparral monkey grasshopper live?

Not recorded

Is the chaparral monkey grasshopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chaparral monkey grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyEumastacidae
  6. genusMorsea
  7. SpeciesMorsea californica Scudder, 1898

Synonyms Morsea californica californica

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Chapulín cerilloSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chaparral monkey grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Morsea.

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What kind of animal is the chaparral monkey grasshopper?

The chaparral monkey grasshopper (Morsea californica) belongs to the family Eumastacidae in the order Orthoptera.

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CreatureData. (2026). Chaparral monkey grasshopper (Morsea californica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaparral-monkey-grasshopper

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“Chaparral monkey grasshopper (Morsea californica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaparral-monkey-grasshopper.

BibTeX
@misc{chaparral_monkey_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {Chaparral monkey grasshopper (Morsea californica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaparral-monkey-grasshopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}