Western harvest mouse

Western harvest mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Neotominae
Genus:	Reithrodontomys
Species:	R. megalotis
Binomial name
	Reithrodontomys megalotis; (Baird, 1857)
Synonyms
	Reithrodon megalotis (Baird, 1858); Reithrodontomys amoles A.H. Howell, 1914; Reithrodontomys arizonensis J.A. Allen, 1895; Reithrodontomys aztecus J.A. Allen, 1893; Reithrodontomys dychei J.A. Allen, 1895; Reithrodontomys dychei subsp. nebrascensis J.A. Allen, 1895; Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. arizonensis J.A. Allen, 1895; Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. distichlis von Bloeker, 1937; Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. limicola von Bloeker, 1932; Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. ravus Goldman, 1939; Reithrodontomys megalotis subsp. santacruzae Pearson, 1951; Reithrodontomys saturatus subsp. alticolus Merriam, 1901; Rhithrodontomys catalinae Elliot, 1904; Rhithrodontomys peninsulae Elliot, 1903;

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.

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