Nicaraguan harvest mouse

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Nicaraguan harvest mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Species:
R. paradoxus
Binomial name
Reithrodontomys paradoxus
Jones & Genoways, 1970

The Nicaraguan harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys paradoxus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

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References

  1. Emmons, L.; Matson, J.; Reid, F.; Timm, R. (2019). "Reithrodontomys paradoxus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T19414A22386092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19414A22386092.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.