The Mexican harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys mexicanus'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Cricetidae.
It is found in
Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Ecuador,
El Salvador
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Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
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Mexico,
Nicaragua, and
Panama in a variety of habitats at altitudes from
sea level to 3800 m.
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References
Reithrodontomys
Mammals of Colombia
Rodents of Central America
Mammals described in 1860
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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