Heteromys pictus

O. Thomas, 1893

Painted 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

Thomas, O. 1893-09-01. On two new members of the genus Heteromys and two of Neotoma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)12(69):233-235.

Original name as described

Heteromys pictus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.8.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

San Sebastian, 4,300 ft., Jalisco, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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