Cozumel_harvest_mouse

Cozumel harvest mouse

Cozumel harvest mouse

Species of rodent

The Cozumel harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys spectabilis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. It is nocturnal and semiarboreal, and lives in dense secondary forest and forest edge habitats.[1] Its population is small, fluctuating and patchily distributed.[1] The species is threatened by predation from feral cats and dogs and introduced boa constrictors, by competition with introduced nonnative rats and mice, and by habitat disturbances caused by hurricanes and floods which periodically strike the island.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Vázquez, E.; de Grammont, P.C.; Cuarón, A.D. (2018). "Reithrodontomys spectabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T19416A22386261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T19416A22386261.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1084. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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