Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Special Concern

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,765 meters (0 to 9,072 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Reithrodontomys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species and subspecies in this genus:

R. bakeri (Baker's Small Toothed Harvest Mouse) · R. brevirostris (Short-Nosed Harvest Mouse) · R. burti (Sonoran Harvest Mouse) · R. chrysopsis (Volcano Harvest Mouse) · R. chrysopsis chrysopsis (Volcano Harvest Mouse) · R. creper (Chiriqui Harvest Mouse) · R. darienensis (Darien Harvest Mouse) · R. fulvescens (Fulvous Harvest Mouse) · R. fulvescens fulvescens (Fulvous Harvest Mouse) · R. gracilis (Slender Harvest Mouse) · R. gracilis gracilis (Slender Harvest Mouse) · R. hirsutus (Hairy Harvest Mouse) · R. hirsutus hirsutus (Hairy Harvest Mouse) · R. humilis (Eastern Harvest Mouse) · R. humulis (Eastern Harvest Mouse) · R. humulis humulis (Eastern Harvest Mouse) · R. megalotis (Southern Marsh Harvest Mouse) · R. megalotis distichlis (Salinas Harvest Mouse) · R. megalotis megalotis (Western Harvest Mouse) · R. mexicanus (Mexican Harvest Mouse) · R. mexicanus mexicanus (Mexican Harvest Mouse) · R. microdon (Small-Toothed Harvest Mouse) · R. montanus (Plains Harvest Mouse) · R. montanus montanus (Plains Harvest Mouse) · R. paradoxus (Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse) · R. raviventris (Salt-Marsh Harvest Mouse) · R. raviventris halicoetes (Salt-Marsh Harvest Mouse) · R. raviventris raviventris (Red-Bellied Harvest Mouse) · R. rodriguezi (Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse) · R. spectabilis (Cozumel Harvest Mouse) · R. sumichrasti (Sumachrasti's Harvest Mouse) · R. sumichrasti sumichrasti (Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse) · R. tenuirostris (Narrow-Nosed Harvest Mouse) · R. zacatecae (Zacatecas Harvest Mouse)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 346, p. 450, p. 557.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 101, p. 103, p. 104, p. 38.
• Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 344, p. 345, fig. 72.
• Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 137.
• Mammals of Utah / Kaysville, Utah: Inland Printing Company, 1922. url .
• Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url p. 193, p. 412.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 82, p. 88.
• Occasional papers / Tulane University, Museum of Natural History. 1982 [Belle Chasse, La.]: The Museum, 1977- url p. 9.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 150.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 117, p. 152, p. 352, p. 362, p. 598, p. 794.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 34 1974 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url richins, smith & jorgensen, page 105, fig. 2, page 112, fig. 3, page 113, fig. 4, page 114, p. 116, p. 154, p. 34, p. 407, p. 72, p. 94.
• The mammals of the Huachua Mountains, southeastern Arizona Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1954. url p. 112, p. 42.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 13 1964 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 124, p. 390, p. 416, p. 484.
• University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 317.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 2 1948 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 116, p. 162, p. 25, fig. 41, page 253, fig. 46, page 295, p. 298, p. 299, p. 324, fig. 105, page 325, p. 742, p. 76.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482575
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180336
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF02037
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 153579

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,499.680 meters (4,920.210 feet), Standard Deviation = 659.690 based on 925 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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