Reithrodontomys montanus
(S. F. Baird, 1855)
Plains 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. 1855-06-15. Characteristics of some new species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U. S. surveys of a railroad route to the Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:333-336.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694449Original name as described
Reithrodon montanus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:441 (= USNM:MAMM:A1306)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329d111f4-9877-4355-99b6-1a7cad66b08fType locality
"vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, lat. 38°." Restricted by J. A. Allen in 1895 to "near the upper end of the San Luis Valley in Colorado," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(KS,AZ,AR,SD,WY,ND,OK,CO,TX)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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