Short-nosed harvest mouse

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Short-nosed harvest mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Reithrodontomys
Species:
R. brevirostris
Binomial name
Reithrodontomys brevirostris
Goodwin, 1943

The short-nosed harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys brevirostris) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae [1] found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. [2] It is currently of Least Concern in endangerment status. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2016). "Reithrodontomys brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T19402A22385269. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19402A22385269.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  3. "Reithrodontomys brevirostris - IUCN Redlist". iucnredlist.org. 13 Oct 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 11 Jun 2023.