Heteromys adspersus

W. C. H. Peters, 1874

Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Heteromyidae
Subfamily : Heteromyinae
Genus : Heteromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Hr. W. Peters las über die Taschenmäuse, Nager mit äusseren taschenförmigen Backentaschen, und eine neue Art derselben, _Heteromys adspersus_, aus Panama. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874:354-359.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36626683

Original name as described

Heteromys adspersus

Other common names

Peter's Spiny Pocket Mouse

Type material

ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

City of Panama, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama

Taxonomy notes

moved from Liomys to Heteromys and there have been suggestions to move the species to a new genus with H. salvini, Schaeferia, but this is not followed here

Taxonomy notes citation

Hafner, J.C., Light, J.E., Hafner, D.J., Hafner, M.S., Reddington, E., Rogers, D.S. and Riddle, B.R. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 1129-1145. · Anderson, R. P., & Gutiérrez, E. E. (2009). Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of the genus Heteromys (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in central and eastern Venezuela, with the description of a new species from the Cordillera de la Costa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2009(331), 33-93.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001911

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Heteromys adspersus

W. C. H. Peters, 1874

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

adspersus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36626683

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)
  2. Bangs (1902:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12073/22225128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Liomys adspersus

(E. A. Goldman, 1911)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

adspersus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803260

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1911:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15640)
  2. Goldman (1920:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Patton (1993:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  7. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Schaeferia adspersus

(Alhajeri & Steppan, 2025)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

adspersus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Zoology

Name usages

Alhajeri & Steppan (2025:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69466)

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