Heteromys anomalus

(J. V. Thompson, 1813)

Trinidad 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

Thompson, J.V. 1813-05-20. Description of a new species of the genus Mus, belonging to the section of pouched rats. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11(1):161-163.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756712

Original name as described

Mus anomalus

Other common names

Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse · Northern South American Spiny Pocket Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:12a

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Trinidad... [near] St. Anne's barracks," Trinidad and Tobago.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001912

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 jesupi

J. A. Allen, 1899

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

jesupi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15347

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15347

Authority page

201

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Bangs (1902:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Mus anomalus

(J. V. Thompson, 1813)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:12a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756712

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Heteromys Thompsonii

Lesson, 1827

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

thompsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:12a

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207732

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Heteromys melanoleucus

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

melanoleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.2.1.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59bef0ba-8ecc-4028-8789-dd13d0375293

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664709

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Perognathus bicolor

(J. E. Gray, 1868)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.2.1.7

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/81445818-c434-4958-a7d4-ed9db33d4176

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664707

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Heteromys anomalus brachialis

Osgood, 1912

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

brachialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:18623

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=997d1350-6d9f-4d84-986f-bce8f24a4dbe

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2653132

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heteromys (Heteromys) anomalus hershkovitzi

Hernandez-Camacho, 1956

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

hershkovitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ICN 1832

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Lozania

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Cricet. anomalus

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

404

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523821

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Heteromys anomalus

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:599, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Bangs (1902:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47802541/22224008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Heteromys anomalus anomalus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anomalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heteromys anomalus jesupi

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

jesupi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heteromys Thomsonii

H. R. Schinz, 1845

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

thomsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Solothurn

Heteromys thompsoni

J. E. Gray, 1868

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664708

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

melanoleucas

Ellerman, 1940

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

melanoleucas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8414884

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

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