Heteromys goldmani

C. H. Merriam, 1902

Goldman'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

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1902-03-05. Twenty new pocket mice (Heteromys and Liomys) from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 15:41-50.

Original name as described

Heteromys goldmani

Type material

USNM:MAMM:77576

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Chicharras, Chiapas, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

split from H. desmarestianus

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

Not Evaluated

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