Mexican harvest mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Genus: | Reithrodontomys |
Species: | R. mexicanus |
Binomial name | |
Reithrodontomys mexicanus (Saussure, 1860) | |
The Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a variety of habitats at altitudes from sea level to 3800 m. [1]
The western harvest mouse is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.
Reithrodontomys is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.
The Mexican big-eared bat is a species of vesper bat endemic to Mexico. They are nocturnal and insectivorous. Their very large ears are located across their foreheads, and when captured, the bats are observed to curl their ears in a protective manner. The adults are usually brown colored, while the juveniles are usually a smokey brown color. They have small noses.
The Mexican deer mouse is a species of forest-dwelling rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Mexico and throughout much of Central America.
The short-nosed harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
The Sonoran harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.
The volcano harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.
The Chiriqui harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
The Darien harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Panama.
The slender harvest mouse(Reithrodontomys gracilis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. A small mouse-like rodent distributed throughout a portion Central America.
The hairy harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico.
The small-toothed harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.
Rodriguez's harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Costa Rica.
The Cozumel harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. It is nocturnal and semiareboreal, and lives in dense secondary forest and forest edge habitats. Its population is small, fluctuating and patchily distributed. The species is threatened by predation from feral cats and dogs and introduced boa constrictors, by competition with introduced nonnative rats and mice, and by habitat disturbances caused by hurricanes and floods which periodically strike the island.
Sumichrast's harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The narrow-nosed harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.
The Zacatecas harvest mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico.
The Mexican water mouse, Mexican fishing mouse or Goodwin's water mouse, is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It has a restricted range in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, Threatened by deforestation and water pollution, it is listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Mexican dog-faced bat is a bat species of the family Molossidae from Central America. It is found from Nayarit in Mexico to Costa Rica at elevations up to 1500 m. It was formerly considered a subspecies of C. greenhalli. It roosts in deciduous and evergreen forest, and is usually found near small bodies of water.