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/2027.42/56687Original 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
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