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Plains harvest mouse
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Species : Reithrodontomys montanus
The Plains harvest mouse is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the plains harvest mouse
A young / baby of a plains harvest mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A plains harvest mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.
Facts about the plains harvest mouse
1990: Plains harvest mouse is found in the Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge (Maxwell NWR, 1990) *13*.
The Plains Harvest Mouse is from the order Rodentia . (Full text)
Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanusHabitat: The plains harvest mouse is a species of semiarid grasslands in the central and southern Great Plains. (Full text)
Description: The plains harvest mouse is a very small, delicate mammal with pale dull brown upperparts, and yellowish gray and white underparts. (Full text)
The plains harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus) is found throughout the Great Plains but becomes progressively rare southward into Arkansas. (Full text)
The Plains Harvest Mouse is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)
1. Reithrodontomys, genus Reithrodontomys -- (New World harvest mice)Reithrodontomys
genus Reithrodontomys
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