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Reithrodontomys fulvescens (fulvous harvest mouse)

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Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.85
EDGE Score: 2.47
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1.11 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  2 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  3.15 inches (8 cm)
Weaning [1]  14 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Dendropanax arboreus (angelica tree)[4]
Parathesis villosa[4]
Quercus salicifolia[4]
Sorghastrum nutans (yellow indian-grass)[5]
Sorghum halepense (aleppo milletgrass)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Plusaetis sibynus sibynus[6]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Stephen R. Spencer and Guy N. Cameron, Mammalian Species No. 174, pp. 1-7 (1982)
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4CHARACTERISTICS OF DIET OF PEROMYSCUS AZTECUS AND REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS IN MONTANE WESTERN MEXICO, LUIS BERNARDO VAZQUEZ, GUY N. CAMERON, AND RODRIGO A. MEDELLIN, Journal of Mammalogy, 85(2):196–205, 2004
♦ 5Food Habits of Peromyscus and Reithrodontomys in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, Anthony J. Stancampiano and William Caire, Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 75: 45-49 (1995)
♦ 6International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0