Western Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 299
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Western harvest mouse”.