Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys bakeri'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...

in the family

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, a ...

. It is one of about 20 species of the genus ''

Reithrodontomys ''Reithrodontomys'' is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice. Species This genus contains these species: * Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys bakeri'' * Short-nosed harvest mouse, ''Reithrodontomys brevirostris'' ...

''. This species was discovered in 2004 and is found in Central

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

.Ceballos, Gerardo, Francisca M. Mendez-Harclerode, and Robert D. Bradley. 2005. Reithrodontomys bakeri. Pps. 777-778 in Los mamiferos silvestres de Mexico (G Ceballos and G. Oliva, ed.). Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Fondo de Cultura Economica.

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BYU.edu (Viewed August 12, 2010).
Reithrodontomys Mammals described in 2004 {{Reithrodontomys-stub