Reithrodontomys microdon

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This mouse is restricted to mature and undisturbed montane forest with numerous ferns, mosses, and fallen trees (Reid 1997). It is semiarboreal. It may be trapped on logs or on the ground at the base of large trees.[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

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

• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 201, p. 201, p. 676, p. 676.
• Geographic variation and evolutionary relationships among broad-clawed shrews of the Cryptotis goldmani-group (Mammalia, Insectivora, Soricidae) / Neal Woodman, Robert M. Timm. 91 1999 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1999. url p. 10.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 134.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 80, p. 96.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 209, p. 520.
• Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington, Washington Academy of Sciences. url p. 548, p. 548, p. 549.
• Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 201, p. 676.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals during the years 1901 and 1902 / by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. and James A.G. Rehn. Boston: Society of Natural History, 1903. url p. 89.
• The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. 4 1904 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. url p. 269.

Notes

Contributors

• Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Baillie, J. 1996. Reithrodontomys microdon. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. 2010. Reithrodontomys microdon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109936
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633325
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633325
• IUCN ID: 239086
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10587

Footnotes

1. Reid, F. & Vázquez, E. 2010. Reithrodontomys microdon. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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