California red tree mouse
California red tree mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Arborimus |
Species: | A. pomo
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Binomial name | |
Arborimus pomo Johnson & George, 1991
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The California red tree mouse or Sonoma tree vole (Arborimus pomo) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] The species is found in northwest California.[1] The preferred habitat for this primarily arboreal vole is old-growth Douglas-fir forests.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Blois, J.; Clausen, M.K.; Hammerson, G. & Cannings, S. (2008). "Arborimus pomo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T2018A9174950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T2018A9174950.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
External links[]
- Prof Stephen Sillett's Douglas-Fir webpage — with photos taken during canopy research, including Sonoma tree vole nests.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Arborimus
- Endemic fauna of California
- Mammals of the United States
- Rodents of North America
- Klamath Mountains
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Mammals described in 1991
- Arvicolinae stubs