The fulvous harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys fulvescens) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Fulvous 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 minutoides
- Micaelamys namaquensis
- Reithrodontomys megalotis
- Mus spretus
- Perognathus merriami
- Zapus hudsonius
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Reithrodontomys
- Species
- Reithrodontomys fulvescens
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