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Eastern Harvest Mouse

Reithrodontomys humulis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 14, February 15, March 17, April 27, May 35, June 17, July 14, August 14, September 17, October 15, November 13, December 13.
United States1,711
Virginia211
West Virginia204
Maryland197
Tennessee192
Louisiana127
Mississippi123
Georgia95
North Carolina87
Texas79

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusAmerican Harvest Mice · Reithrodontomys

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