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The eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland , swamps , and pastureland.
Woodland jumping mouse. Napaeozapus insignis (Miller, 1891) rare [197] [198] Family Cricetidae: voles, muskrats: Eastern harvest mouse. Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon & Bachman, 1941) common; panhandle and northern two thirds of peninsula in old fields, grasslands, and fields [199] Florida salt marsh vole. Microtus dukecampbelli
Hairy harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys hirsutus [9] VU; Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis [n 4] LC; Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis [n 4] LC; Small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys microdon [9] LC and: [n 3] Oaxacan highlands harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys albilabris [9] Mexican harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys ...
The eastern deer mouse is small in size, only 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long, not including the tail. They have large beady eyes and large ears giving them good sight and hearing. Peromyscus maniculatus has soft fur which varies in color, from gray to brown, but all deer mice have a distinguishable white underside and white feet.
Fulvous harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys fulvescens; Slender harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys gracilis; Hairy harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys hirsutus; Eastern harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys humulis; Western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis; Mexican harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys mexicanus; Small-toothed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys microdon
The harvest mouse ranges from 55 to 75 mm (2.2 to 3.0 in) long, and its tail from 50 to 75 mm (2.0 to 3.0 in) long; it weighs from 4 to 11 g (0.14 to 0.39 oz), [11] [12] or about half the weight of the house mouse (Mus musculus). Its eyes and ears are relatively large.
They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat, with a long snout and prehensile tail. ... Eastern harvest mouse, R. humulis [n 3] LC;
The western harvest mouse is an herbivore with a diet consisting of mainly seeds and grains from various plants. These plants include: fruits, vetch, blue grass, fescue, oats, and brome grass. [ 6 ] In preparation for autumn and winter, the western harvest mouse stores its food along runways created throughout fields that it occupies and in ...