Mexican harvest mouse
| Mexican harvest mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Reithrodontomys |
| Species: | R. mexicanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Reithrodontomys mexicanus (Saussure, 1860) | |
The Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a variety of habitats at altitudes from sea level to 3800 m.[1]
References
- 1 2 Delgado, C.; Tirira, D.; Gómez-Laverde, M.; Matson, J.; Samudio, R. (2008). "Reithrodontomys mexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1083. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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