Reithrodontomys Explained

Reithrodontomys is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.

Species

This genus contains these species:

• Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys bakeri
• Short-nosed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys brevirostris
• Sonoran harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys burti
• Volcano harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys chrysopsis
• Chiriqui harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys creper
• Darien harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys darienensis
• Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens
• Slender harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys gracilis
• Hairy harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys hirsutus
• Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis
• Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis
• Mexican harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus
• Small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys microdon
• Plains harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys montanus
• Small harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys musseri
• Nicaraguan harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys paradoxus
• Salt marsh harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys raviventris
• Rodriguez's harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys rodriguezi
• Cozumel harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys spectabilis
• Sumichrast's harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys sumichrasti
• Narrow-nosed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys tenuirostris
• Zacatecas harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys zacatecae

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501–755 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/msw/children/query/24392 Accessed 3 April 2007.