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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343999Original name as described
Heteromys pictus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1893.8.12.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9af846d9-bf5b-42f1-a1e4-0b8457c9a04d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b058accb-1c89-449c-a95a-ee76d6daac16Type 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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