Western Harvest Mouse
Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
Species Code: REME ...
The Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens) is a common rodent of parts of the south central United States southward into Central America. Within the U.S.
Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens)
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Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
No photo of the Western Harvest Mouse available.
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Order Rodentia : Family Muridae : Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman) ...
Western Harvest Mouse Behaviour
No observations regarding Western Harvest Mouse behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Western Harvest Mice ...
The saltmarsh harvest mouse weighs 8 - 14 g (0.3 - 0.5 oz.). It lives in salt marsh characterized by salt marsh herbs, grasses and reeds. Stems and leaves of salt marsh plants are its major food source. Insects and seeds are also eaten occasionally.
Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
The diminutive harvest mouse is the smallest rodent in Europe, weighing up to just 6g. It is easily identified, with its blunt nose, short... More 17 Images 15 Videos ...
Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus (Baird)
Description: The plains harvest mouse is a very small, delicate mammal with pale dull brown upperparts, and yellowish gray and white underparts.
The tiny western harvest mouse looks like a house mouse. It lives in grassy and brushy areas of southern Minnesota. Here it usually makes a little round nest on the ground.
Harvest Mouse Habits
Daily Life. Harvest mice are active by day and night. Male mice roam over a territory of about 400 sq m, while females keep to a smaller area.
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
St Kilda Field Mouse A. s. hirtensis
Yellow-necked Mouse A. flavicollis
House Mouse Mus musculus ...
Western Harvest Mouse are adaptable, widespread, and abundant, especially in meadows, prairies, old pastures, stream valleys, and marshes. They eat seeds, insects, and plants.
Harvest mouse
Harvest mice are the smallest British rodent. They are the only Old World mammals to have truly prehensile tails.
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None are much larger than the brown rat (M. norvegicus) or smaller than the harvest mouse; and they all 'have habits generally similar to those of one or other of the English species, although some live in trees like squirrels, or in the water; ...
Western Harvest Mouse - Reithrodontomys megalotis
Deer Mouse - Peromycus maniculatus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse - Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Woodrat - Neotoma cinerea
Norway Rat - Rattus norvegicus
House Mouse - Mus musculus ...
The Old World family Muridae includes the now ubiquitous house mouse, as well as a great variety of wild-living Old World species, including the Old World field mouse, the tiny European harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) and the African tree mice.
Set C: Douglas Squirrel, Pygmy Rabbit, Gray Squirrel sp., Pica, Beaver, Harvest Mouse, Mole, Townsend Chipmunk, Long-tailed Weasel, Townsend Vole
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In Iowa, wintering rough-legged hawks consumed meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), and occasionally eastern cottontail (Silvilagus floridanus).
 See also: Mouse, Mice, House Mouse, Weasel, Deer
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