Reithrodontomys
Genus Reithrodontomys | |
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Taxonomic classification | |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder: | Myomorphi |
Superfamily: | Muroidea |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Tribe: | Reithrodontomyini |
From Hooper (1952): "Harvest mice of the genus Reithrodontomys are small long-tailed rodents with deeply grooved upper incisors. They are known from Pleistocene deposits of North America and now occur over much of southern North America and in the northern part of South America. Their altitudinal range extends from below sea level in Death Valley of California to over 13,000 feet on the mountains of México and Central America. Ecologically they usually are associated with grasses or other low herbage in a wide variety of habitats and climates, as, for example, in marine or fresh-water marshlands and on dry, well-drained uplands in temperate climates; on hot, sandy deserts among xerophytic vegetation; on the border of tropical forests in humid lowlands; and in cool, coniferal forests up to timber line on high mountains."
Key to the Reithrodontomys of the USA
Available taxon pages
The following subgenera are available on WhiskerWiki for this genus:
- Subgenus: Reithrodontomys
References
Hooper ET. 1952. A systematic review of the harvest mice (genus Reithrodontomys) of Latin America. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan no. 77.