''Reithrodontomys'' is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.

Species

This genus contains these species: *

Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys bakeri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of about 20 species of the genus ''Reithrodontomys''. This species was discovered in 2004 and is found in Central Mexico ...

, ''Reithrodontomys bakeri'' *

Short-nosed harvest mouse The short-nosed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys brevirostris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central A ...

, ''Reithrodontomys brevirostris'' *

Sonoran harvest mouse The Sonoran harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys burti'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of Nort ...

, ''Reithrodontomys burti'' * Volcano harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys chrysopsis'' * Chiriqui harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys creper'' * Darien harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys darienensis'' *

Fulvous harvest mouse The fulvous harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States. Description About 17 subspecies of ''R. ful ...

, ''Reithrodontomys fulvescens'' *

Slender harvest mouse The slender harvest mouse(''Reithrodontomys gracilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. A small mouse-like rodent distributed throughout a portion Central America. Description The slender harvest mouse has short pale pelage. Uppe ...

, ''Reithrodontomys gracilis'' *

Hairy harvest mouse The hairy harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys hirsutus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico. References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species ...

, ''Reithrodontomys hirsutus'' *

Eastern harvest mouse The eastern harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys humulis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland ...

, ''Reithrodontomys humulis'' *

Western harvest mouse 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 ...

, ''Reithrodontomys megalotis'' *

Mexican harvest mouse The Mexican harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys mexicanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a variety of habitats at a ...

, ''Reithrodontomys mexicanus'' * Small-toothed harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys microdon'' *

Plains harvest mouse The plains harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys montanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the central United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the Uni ...

, ''Reithrodontomys montanus'' *

Small harvest mouse The small harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys musseri'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrat ...

, ''Reithrodontomys musseri'' * Nicaraguan harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys paradoxus'' *

Salt marsh harvest mouse The salt marsh harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys raviventris''), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. The two distinct subspecies are both endangere ...

, ''Reithrodontomys raviventris'' * Rodriguez's harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys rodriguezi'' * Cozumel harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys spectabilis'' * Sumichrast's harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys sumichrasti'' *

Narrow-nosed harvest mouse The narrow-nosed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys tenuirostris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the so ...

, ''Reithrodontomys tenuirostris'' *

Zacatecas harvest mouse The Zacatecas harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys zacatecae'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion o ...

, ''Reithrodontomys zacatecae''

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501–755 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C

Accessed 3 April 2007. {{Taxonbar, from=Q246808 Reithrodontomys, Rodent genera Taxa named by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli