Western harvest mouse

Western harvest mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Species:
R. megalotis
Binomial name
Reithrodontomys megalotis
(Baird, 1857)
Synonyms[2]
  • Reithrodon megalotis (Baird, 1858)
  • Reithrodontomys amoles A.H. Howell, 1914
  • Reithrodontomys arizonensis J.A. Allen, 1895
  • Reithrodontomys aztecus J.A. Allen, 1893
  • Reithrodontomys dychei J.A. Allen, 1895
  • Reithrodontomys dychei subsp. nebrascensis J.A. Allen, 1895
  • Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. arizonensis J.A. Allen, 1895
  • Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. distichlis von Bloeker, 1937
  • Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. limicola von Bloeker, 1932
  • Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. ravus Goldman, 1939
  • Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. santacruzae Pearson, 1951
  • Reithrodontomys saturatus subsp. alticolus Merriam, 1901
  • Rhithrodontomys catalinae Elliot, 1904
  • Rhithrodontomys peninsulae Elliot, 1903

The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States.[3] Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Reithrodontomys megalotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19410A115151098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19410A22386423.en. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird, 1857)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1082–1083. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.