Reithrodontomys burti, Benson, 1939

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Sonoran Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys burti

French: Souris-moissonneuse du Sonora / German: Sonora-Erntemaus / Spanish: Ratén espiguero de Sonora

Taxonomy. Reithrodontomys burti Benson, 1939 , Rancho de Costa Rica, Rio Sonora, Sonora, Mexico.

Reithrodontomys burti is in subgenus Reithrodontomys . Monotypic.

Distribution. From WC Sonora to N Sinaloa states (NW Mexico).

Descriptive notes. Head—body 64-70 mm, tail 52-66 mm, ear 14-17 mm, hindfoot 16-17 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Sonoran Harvest Mouse is small. Dorsum is ocherous buff, with black-tipped hairs along sides and rump; venter is white but plumbeous to bases. Feet are white, with fine dusky line. Tail is relatively long, 70-97% of head-body length, and has thin indistinct stripe. Skullis similar to that of the Plains Harvest Mouse ( R. montanus ), butit differs by having wider interorbital area, broader zygomatic process of maxilla, larger interorbital foramina, and longer nasals.

Habitat. Lowland (60-182 m) scrublands of mesquite ( Prosopis , Fabaceae ) and other trees of the same legume family, grasses, and cultivated fields in Sonora and thorn scrub forests and in fields containing agaves ( Agave , Asparagaceae ), mesquite, and grasses in Sinaloa .

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Sonoran Harvest Mouse is presumably nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Benson (1939), Csuti (1980), Hall (1981), Hooper (1952a), Miller & Kellogg (1955), Russell & Alcorn (1957), Sanchez (2014c).

Figures

208. Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli), 209. Southern Pygmy Mouse (Baiomys musculus), 210. Northern Pygmy Mouse (Baiomys taylori), 211. Short-tailed Singing Mouse (Scotinomys teguina), 212. Long-tailed Singing Mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus), 213. Yellow Deermouse (Isthmomys flavidus), 214. Mount Pirr 1 Deermouse (Isthmomys pirrensis), 215. Florida Deermouse (Podomys floridanus), 216. Volcano Deermouse (Neotomodon alstoni), 217. Short-nosed Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys brevirostris), 218. Darien Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys darienensis), 219. Slender Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys gracilis), 220. Mexican Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus), 221. Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys paradoxus), 222. Cozumel Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys spectabilis), 223. Talamancan Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys creper), 224. Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys rodriguez), 225. Narrow-nosed Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys tenuirostris), 226. Small-toothed Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys microdon), 227. Costa Rican Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys cherrii), 228. Chiriquian Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys garichensis), 229. Musser’s Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys musser), 230. Baker’s Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys baker), 231. Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens), 232. Hairy Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys hirsutus), 233. Sonoran Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys burt), 234. Volcano Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys chrysopsis), 235. Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis), 236. Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), 237. Plains Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys montanus), 238. Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), 239. Sumichrast’s Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys sumichrasti), 240. Zacatecan Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys zacatecae), 242. Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster), 243. Southern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys torridus), 244. Osgood’s Deermouse (Osgoodomys banderanus)

Distribution. From WC Sonora to N Sinaloa states (NW Mexico).