Reithrodontomys megalotis

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Western Harvest Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Tribe : Reithrodontomyini
Genus : Reithrodontomys
Subgenus : Reithrodontomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Original name as described

Reithrodon megalotis

Other common names

Southern Marsh Harvest Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:A2281 (= USNM:MAMM:1039)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"between Janos, Sonora [Mexico] and San Luis Springs [New Mexico, USA]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(CA,IN,MN,NV,OR,NM,TX,OK,AR,WA,WI,IA,SD,ND,MO,UT,CO,WY,KS,AZ,NE,ID,MT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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