Heteromys oresterus

W. P. Harris, 1932

Mountain 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

Harris, W.P., Jr. 1932. Four new mammals from Costa Rica. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 248:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56687

Original name as described

Heteromys oresterus

Type material

UMMZ 64027

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

El Copey de Dota, Cordillera de Talamanca, 6,000 ft., Costa Rica.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001922

Country distribution map

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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 oresterus

W. P. Harris, 1932

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

oresterus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 64027

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Patton (1993:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
  6. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10010/22223385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  12. Alhajeri & Steppan (2025:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69466)

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