Reithrodontomys rodriguezi, Goodwin, 1943

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Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys rodriguezi

French: Souris-moissonneuse de Rodriguez / German: Rodriguez-Erntemaus / Spanish: Raton espiguero de Rodriguez

Taxonomy. Reithrodontomys rodriguezi Goodwin, 1943 , Volcan de Iraza, 9400 ft (= 2865 m), Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Reithrodontomys rodriguezi is in subgenus Aporodon. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality and surrounding areas in C Costa Rica.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 77-83 mm, tail 116-121 mm, ear 14-15 mm, hindfoot 20-21 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Rodriguez’s Harvest Mouse is medium-sized. Dorsal pelage 1s long, dense, soft, and cinnamon-buff, darkened with black hairs. Venteris white. Tail is longer than head-body length and uniform in color. Feet are white, with dusky outline to bases of toes.

Habitat. Grassland adjacent to a wet forest (two specimens) and on slopes of Barva Volcano. Rodriguez’s Harvest Mice have ben trapped on the ground,in low vegetation in elfin forest, and in the fork of a tree c.3 m aboveground.

Food and Feeding. Rodriguez's Harvest Mouse was seen feeding on the nectar of Blakea sp. (Melastomataceae) and may be one of the pollinatorsfor this plant.

Breeding. A pregnant female was captured in July.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List because its extent of occurrence is probably less than 5000 km?; it should be monitored closely.

Bibliography. Goodwin (1943), Hall (1981), Hooper (1952a), Timm et al. (1989).

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)

Distribution. Known only from the type locality and surrounding areas in C Costa Rica.