Mexican harvest mouse

Mexican harvest mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. 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. 1.0 1.1 Delgado, C., Tirira, D., Gómez-Laverde, M., Matson, J. & Samudio, R. (2008). Reithrodontomys mexicanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 March 2009.