Sonoma tree vole

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Sonoma tree vole
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Arborimus
Species:
A. pomo
Binomial name
Arborimus pomo
Johnson & George, 1991

The Sonoma tree vole or California red tree mouse (Arborimus pomo) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] The species is found in northwest California. [1] The preferred habitat for this primarily arboreal vole is old-growth Douglas-fir forests. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Blois, J.; Clausen, M.K. (2020). "Arborimus pomo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T2018A22389273. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T2018A22389273.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.