Heteromys gaumeri

J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1897

Gaumer'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

Allen, J.A. and Chapman, F.M. 1897-02-23. On mammals from Yucatan, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 9(1):1-12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046567

Original name as described

Heteromys gaumeri

Type material

AMNH M-12028, AMNH MO-10461

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-12028

Type locality

Chichén-Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001916

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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 gaumeri

J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1897

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

gaumeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-12028, AMNH MO-10461

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-12028

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046567

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)
  2. Goldman (1911:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25803238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15640)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:385, 386) (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 (2016:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10007/22223646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  13. Alhajeri & Steppan (2025:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69466)

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