Species of rodent
Western harvest mouse
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Mammalia
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Order:
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Rodentia
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Family:
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Cricetidae
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Subfamily:
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Neotominae
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Genus:
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Reithrodontomys
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Species:
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R. megalotis
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Binomial name
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Reithrodontomys megalotis
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Synonyms[2]
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- 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
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The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States.[3] Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.[1]