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Reithrodontomys hirsutus (hairy harvest mouse)

Synonyms: Reithrodontomys levipes

Wikipedia Abstract

The hairy harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys hirsutus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Reithrodontomys hirsutus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Reithrodontomys hirsutus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.85
EDGE Score: 3.86
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Litter Size [3]  4
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (15 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cuenca Alimentadora del Distrito de Riego 043 Estado de Nayarit Natural Resources Protection Area   Mexico      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 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
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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