Common Name
Plains Harvest Mouse
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Reithrodontomys montanus
Status
Lower Risk
States
Arkansas
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Distribution
High Plains of C USA, from W South Dakota and E Wyoming to EC Texas and extreme SE Arizona; NE Sonora and Chihuahua to N Durango, Mexico
Notes
Feeds on flowers and seeds of weeds and grasses, also eats grasshoppers and other insects. Makes a ball-shaped nest on or just above the ground. Habitat is prairies, grasslands and cultivated fields. Does well in grazed rangeland. Very small. Tail short