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/24345060Original 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-f4d7b61f2ed7Type 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
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