| Western harvest mouse |
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| 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
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| 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
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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.