Heteromys irroratus
J. E. Gray, 1868
Mexican 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/28664710Original name as described
Heteromys irroratus
Other common names
Guerrero Spiny Pocket Mouse
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1859.7.10.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/455498b0-1f94-4b0b-9e5a-3ca640d454d0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89bba897-ed57-43d0-852a-1a9e9f1f9cacType locality
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(TX)
Taxonomy notes
previously included H. bulleri; moved from Liomys to Heteromys
Taxonomy notes citation
Hafner, J.C., Light, J.E., Hafner, D.J., Hafner, M.S., Reddington, E., Rogers, D.S. and Riddle, B.R. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 1129-1145. · Gutiérrez-Costa, M. A., González-Cózatl, F. X., Ramírez-Martínez, M. M., Iñiguez-Dávalos, L. I., & Rogers, D. S. (2021). Molecular data suggest that Heteromys irroratus bulleri should be recognized as a species-level taxon. Therya, 12(1), 139-148.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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