Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris Dixon 1908

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1084

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scientific name	Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris Dixon 1908
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Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) raviventris Dixon 1908 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 21: 197.

Type Locality: USA, California, San Mateo Co., Redwood City.

Vernacular Names: Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse.

Synonyms: Reithrodontomys (Reithrodontomys) halicoetes Dixon 1909 .

Distribution: Salt marshes around San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered as R. r. raviventris , Lower Risk (cd) as R. r. halicoetes .

Discussion: Subgenus Reithrodontomys , megalotis species group. Morphological and chromosomal differentiation between the subspecies raviventris and halicoetes thought to represent terminal stages of speciation ( Fisler, 1965; Shellhammer, 1967). Chromosomal banding, allozymic, and DNA data reveal sister-group relationship to R. montanus ( Bell et al., 2001; Hood et al., 1984; Nelson et al., 1984). See Shellhammer (1982, Mammalian Species, 169).