|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
--> GENUS Reithrodontomys
--> SUBGENUS Aporodon
SPECIES Reithrodontomys (Aporodon) brevirostris
| Author: | Goodwin, 1943. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 1231: 1. | | Common Name: | Short-nosed Harvest Mouse | | Type Locality: | Costa Rica, Alajuela Prov., canyons above Villa Quesada, 5000 ft (1524 m). | | Distribution: | Allopatric populations in highlands of NC Nicaragua (see Jones and Genoways, 1970) and C Costa Rica. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Aporodon, mexicanus species group. Status of the Nicaraguan form, which Jones and Genoways considered describing as a species, should be reevaluated. See Jones and Baldassarre (1982, Mammalian Species, 192). |
|
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
nicaraguae Jones and Genoways, 1970
|
|
|
