Heteromys australis

O. Thomas, 1901

Southern 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

Thomas, O. 1901-02-01. New South-American Sciuri, Heteromys, Cavia, and Caluromys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(38):192-196.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345060

Original name as described

Heteromys australis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.3.19.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7c4c11a-2a48-4091-a877-f4d7b61f2ed7

Type locality

"St. Javier, Lower Cachabi River, N. Ecuador. Alt. 20 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia · Ecuador · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001913

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 australis

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.3.19.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7c4c11a-2a48-4091-a877-f4d7b61f2ed7

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345060

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1911:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15640)
  2. Goldman (1920:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  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. Corbet & Hill (1991:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Patton (1993:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  7. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10005/115095587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  13. Alhajeri & Steppan (2025:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69466)

Heteromys lomitensis

J. A. Allen, 1912

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

lomitensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-32240

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-32240

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26898907

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Heteromys australis conscius

E. A. Goldman, 1913

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

conscius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:178699

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3058d8f22-5271-49f0-8253-a7fc448946d6

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910648

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1920:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heteromys australis pacificus

O. P. Pearson, 1939

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 19499

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Notulae Naturae

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heteromys lomitansis

Cabrera, 1961

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

lomitansis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

513

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

Heteromys australis australis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

australis

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 (2016:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

lomitenis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

lomitenis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

850

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005:850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Heteromys australis consicus

R. P. Anderson & Timm, 2006

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

consicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816182

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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