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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664709Original name as described
Heteromys desmarestianus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77107035-e8e1-4bb7-b7d4-30b537c262f2Type 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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