HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Reithrodontomys
--> SUBGENUS Aporodon
SPECIES Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) paradoxus
Author: | Jones and Genoways, 1970. | Citation: | Occas. Pap. W. Found. Vert. Zool., 2: 12. | Common Name: | Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse | Type Locality: | Nicaragua, Carazo Dept., 3 mi (5 km) NNW Diriamba, about 660 m. | Distribution: | Isolated records from SW Nicaragua and WC Costa Rica. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Aporodon, mexicanus species group. Morphologically closest to R. brevirostris; extent of distribution unknown. See Jones and Baldassarre (1982, Mammalian Species, 192). |
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