Species

Reithrodontomys megalotis (Western harvest mouse)

Reithrodontomys megalotis. Photo: (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Myomorpha (Mice, rats, and hamsters)
        Superfamily: Muroidea (Muroids)
        Family: Cricetidae (Hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies)
        Subfamily: Neotominae (North american mice and rats)
        Tribe: Reithrodontomyini (Harvest and deer mice)
        Genus: Reithrodontomys (American harvest mice)
        Subgenus: Reithrodontomys
        Species: Reithrodontomys megalotis (Western harvest mouse)
        Subspecies: Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis

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