Reithrodontomys wetmorei Hibbard 1952 (harvest mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1952. A Contribution to the Rexroad Fauna. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(2):196-208

Belongs to Reithrodontomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1952

Sister taxa: Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Reithrodontomys galushai, Reithrodontomys humulis, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Reithrodontomys montanus, Reithrodontomys moorei, Reithrodontomys pratincola, Reithrodontomys rexroadensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Florida collections)

• Blancan of United States (2: Arizona, Kansas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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