Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
Its biology
is unknown. This species occurs in deciduous forest
(Reid
1997), often in degraded areas.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Peromyscini
()
- Genus:
Reithrodontomys
()
- Giglioli, 1873
- Specific name:
paradoxus
- Jones and Genoways, 1970
- Scientific name: - Reithrodontomys paradoxus Jones & Genoways, 1970 Jones and Genoways, 1970
- Specific name:
paradoxus
- Jones and Genoways, 1970
- Genus:
Reithrodontomys
(
- Tribe:
Peromyscini
(
- Subfamily:
Sigmodontinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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
- Goodwin, G. G. 1946. Mammals of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 87: 271-471.
- Lumer, C. and Schoer, R. D. 1986. Pollination of Blakea austin-smithii and B. penduliflora (Melastomataceae) by small rodents in Costa Rica. Biotropica 18: 363-364.
- Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
- Reid, F. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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 paradoxus. 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 provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Reid, F., Emmons, L., Matson, J. & Timm, R. 2008. Reithrodontomys paradoxus. 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:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109938
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633326
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633326
- IUCN ID: 239088
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10589
Footnotes
- Reid, F., Emmons, L., Matson, J. & Timm, R. 2008. Reithrodontomys paradoxus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
