Reithrodontomys creper, Bangs, 1902

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 369

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6725863
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scientific name	Reithrodontomys creper
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223. View Plate 16: Cricetidae

Talamancan Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys creper View in CoL

French: Souris-moissonneuse du Chiriqui / German: Talamanca-Erntemaus / Spanish: Raton espiguero de Talamanca

Other common names: Chiriqui Harvest Mouse

Taxonomy. Reithrodontomys creper Bangs, 1902 View in CoL , Volcan de Chiriqui, 11,000 ft. (= 3353 m), Chiriqui Province, Panama.

Reithrodontomys creper is in subgenus Aporodon. Monotypic.

Distribution. NC Costa Rica to WC Panama. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 89-93 mm, tail 119-145 mm, ear 13-17 mm, hindfoot 22-25 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Talamancan Harvest Mouse is the largest species of Reithrodontomys . Dorsum is brownish orange, infused with black guard hairs; sides are tawny; and venter is pinkish cinnamon. Compared to the Narrow-nosed Harvest Mouse ( R. tenuirostris ), the Talamancan Harvest Mouse has larger skull and more robust rostrum.

Habitat. Wet forested areas with grasses and fallen logs and bases of rock cliffs generally above elevations of 2290 m. The Talamancan Harvest Mouse is found throughout high-elevation regions of south-central Costa Rica and west-central Panama, especially at various volcanoes and throughout the Cordillera de Talamanca.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The Talamancan Harvest Mouse is presumably nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Bangs (1902), Hall (1981), Hooper (1952a).

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)