Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse

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Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Species:
R. bakeri
Binomial name
Reithrodontomys bakeri
Bradley, 2004 [1]
Holotype of Reithrodontomys bakeri in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's (NSRL) collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University. Holotype - Reithrodontomys bakeri.jpg
Holotype of Reithrodontomys bakeri in the Natural Science Research Laboratory's (NSRL) collection at the Museum of Texas Tech University.

Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys bakeri) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of about 20 species of the genus Reithrodontomys . This species was discovered in 2004 [2] and is found in Central Mexico. [3]

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References

  1. Occasional Papers - Mammalogy at Texas Tech University: A Historical Perspective (2005, September 27), No. 243, 4, 20.
  2. Gordon's Twentyfirst Century Mammals Page (Viewed January 26, 2010).
  3. Ceballos, Gerardo, Francisca M. Mendez-Harclerode, and Robert D. Bradley. 2005. Reithrodontomys bakeri. Pps. 777-778 in Los mamiferos silvestres de Mexico (G Ceballos and G. Oliva, ed.). Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Fondo de Cultura Economica.