Heteromys desmarestianus

J. E. Gray, 1868

Desmarest's 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

Gray, J.E. 1868-05. Synopsis of the species of Saccomyinae, or pouched mice, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868(1):199-206.

Original name as described

Heteromys desmarestianus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Coban [Cobán], Departamento de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. goldmani

Taxonomy notes citation

Rogers, D. S., & González, M. W. (2010). Phylogenetic relationships among spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(4), 914-930.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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