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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58488219Original name as described
Reithrodon megalotis
Other common names
Southern Marsh Harvest Mouse
Type material
USNM:MAMM:A2281 (= USNM:MAMM:1039)
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b7aa25f-984c-4b8b-b775-1dd51cfd850bType 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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