Salt marsh harvest mouse



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Salt marsh harvest mouse

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Species : Reithrodontomys raviventris

 

The Saltmarsh harvest mouse is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the salt marsh harvest mouse
A young / baby of a salt marsh harvest mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A salt marsh harvest mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.
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Facts about the salt marsh harvest mouse

edu The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) is an endangered species which is morphologically similar to the non - endangered western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), and in some areas of the salt marsh harvest mouse's range it is difficult to tell these species apart. (Full text)

q Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) is a federally and state-listed endangered species. (Full text)

raviventris halicoetes, the Northern Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, is found in the marshes of northern and central San Francisco Bay, particularly in the marshes of San Pablo and Suisun bays. (Full text)

USFWS Refuges on which the Salt marsh harvest mouse is reported. (Full text)

INTERNATIONAL STATUSES, TREATIES, AND AGREEMENTS: Reithrodontomys raviventris is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red Data Book Part I (1982). (Full text)

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse The salt marsh harvest mouse is a tiny, nocturnal rodent that lives in San Francisco Bay wetlands. (Full text)

The Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse is a endangered mammal. (Full text)

The salt marsh harvest mouse is endemic to the San Francisco Bay salt marshes (Dixon 1908, Hooper 1944), and is physiologically and behaviorally adapted and restricted to the everchanging and ephemeral terrestrial environment of the salt marsh (Fisler 1965). (Full text)

Though a subspecies of the mouse can be found in the North Bay, the salt marsh harvest mouse is found nowhere but in the marshes of the South Bay. (Full text)

The Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)

The saltmarsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) is federally and state listed as Endangered and is a Fully Protected species. (Full text)

1. Reithrodontomys, genus Reithrodontomys -- (New World harvest mice)
Reithrodontomys
genus Reithrodontomys
(Source WordNet)

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