Mexican harvest mouse
Species of rodent
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The Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama in a variety of habitats at altitudes from sea level to 3800 m.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Reithrodontomys |
| Species: | R. mexicanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Reithrodontomys mexicanus (Saussure, 1860) | |
