Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys raviventris

Summary 2

The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse and some times called as saltmarsh harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. There are two distinct subspecies, both endangered and listed together on federal and state endangered species lists. The northern subspecies (Reithrodontomys raviventris halicoetes) is lighter in color and inhabits the northern marshes of the bay, and the southern subspecies...

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Brandon, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/24740010@N02/5205777599
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reithrodontomys_raviventris

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Taxonomy:order Rodents
Taxonomy:kingdom Animals
Color brown