Western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) COSEWIC assessment and update report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) in Canada COSEWIC
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
- Collections Examined
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Western harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Megalotis subspecies (Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis)
Dychei subspecies (Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei )
in Canada
Megalotis subspecies - Special Concern;
Dychei subspecies - Endangered
2007
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis and Reithrodontomysmegalotis dychei in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 27 pp.
Previous reports:
David W. Nagorsen. 1994. COSEWIC status report on the Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis and Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-20 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Pontus Lindgren for writing the status report on the Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis and Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Mark Brigham, Co-chair, COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la souris des moissons de la sous-espèce Megalotis (Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis) et de la sous-espèce Dychei (Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Western harvest mouse -- Image by Michael Hames.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2007
Catalogue No. CW69-14/71-2007E-PDF
ISBN 978-0-662-46022-0
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