Common Name
Fulvous Harvest Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Status
Lower Risk
States
Arizona
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Distribution
SC Arizona, NC, S and E Texas, to SW Missouri and W Mississippi, USA; south through much of Mexico, to W Nicaragua; excluding Yucatan Peninsula and Caribbean coastal lowlands.
Notes
A good climber. Eats mostly invertebrates in spring and summer, seeds in fall and winter. Two adults often share a nest and may travel together. Habitat is oldfields, thickets and mixed brushy grassland. A small mouse, but the largest of harvest mice. Tai