Heteromys nubicolens
R. P. Anderson & Timm, 2006
Cloud-dwelling 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
Anderson, R.P. and Timm, R.M. 2006-03-16. A new montane species of spiny pocket mouse (Rodentia: Heteromyidae: Heteromys) from northwestern Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates 3509:1-38.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816214Original name as described
Heteromys nubicolens
Type material
KU:M:159025
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Monteverde, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Investigator's Trail, 10°18'N, 84°48'W, 1,550 m, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Costa Rica
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Anderson, R. P., & Timm, R. M. (2006). A new montane species of spiny pocket mouse (Rodentia: Heteromyidae: Heteromys) from northwestern Costa Rica. American Museum Novitates, 2006(3509), 1-38.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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