Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse (''Reithrodontomys bakeri'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

in the family

Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...

. It is one of about 20 species of the genus ''

Reithrodontomys ''Reithrodontomys'' is the genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#I ...

''. This species was discovered in 2004 and is found in Central

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

.Ceballos, Gerardo, Francisca M. Mendez-Harclerode, and Robert D. Bradley. 2005. Reithrodontomys bakeri. Pps. 777-778 in Los mamiferos silvestres de Mexico (G Ceballos and G. Oliva, ed.). Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Fondo de Cultura Economica.

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BYU.edu (Viewed August 12, 2010).
Reithrodontomys Mammals described in 2004 {{Reithrodontomys-stub