June 16, 2021 Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates. Did you know that the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse can grow to 7 to 9 inches long? Obermeit collaring an elk calf in the White Mountains of Arizona in May 2020. Download Full Image ASU graduate and Phoenix native Tyler Obermeit does. Something else he knows about this small mouse is that it is, unfortunately, an endangered species. Shrinking habitat space has left these mice with few options for places they can call home. Luckily though, for this species of mouse, Obermeit has recently been hired by Arizona Game and Fish to study them. Obermeit’s goal? To learn more about the mouse so that people can know what actions to take to keep it off the endangered species list.