The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) is a small neotomine mouse native to most of the western United States. Many authorities consider the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse to be a subspecies, but the two are now usually treated separately.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Harvest Mouse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mus spretus
- Reithrodontomys fulvescens
- Chaetodipus californicus
- Mus minutoides
- Chaetodipus fallax
- Mus musculus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Reithrodontomys
- Species
- Reithrodontomys megalotis
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