Heteromys salvini

O. Thomas, 1893

Salvin's 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. 1893-04-01. Description of two new "pocket-mice" of the genus Heteromys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)11(64):329-332.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734598

Original name as described

Heteromys Salvini

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1875.2.27.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a49f4780-1058-4b1b-974e-20f5ffdefb0d

Type locality

Dueñas, Sacatépequez, Guatemala.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

moved from Liomys to Heteromys and there have been suggestions to move the species to a new genus with H. adspersus, Schaeferia, but this is not followed here

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. · Anderson, R. P., & Gutiérrez, E. E. (2009). Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of the genus Heteromys (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in central and eastern Venezuela, with the description of a new species from the Cordillera de la Costa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2009(331), 33-93.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001924

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 vulcani

J. A. Allen, 1908

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

vulcani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28315

Authority page

652

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046489

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Liomys anthonyi

(G. G. Goodwin, 1932)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

anthonyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-79255

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-79255

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Heteromys Salvini nigrescens

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.7.19.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d75a3349-8891-4da0-9c5d-aa1e437650a4

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344000

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Heteromys Salvini

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

salvini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1875.2.27.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a49f4780-1058-4b1b-974e-20f5ffdefb0d

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734598

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12076/22225346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Liomys salvini aterrimus

(G. G. Goodwin, 1938)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

aterrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:35211

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bd00b6a4-ae19-4eb8-958b-dae95f3f1108

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys crispus

(C. H. Merriam, 1902)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

crispus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:75105

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3125333aa-8754-4fba-aee0-d46e09b42d43

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Liomys crispus setosus

(C. H. Merriam, 1902)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

setosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77588

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0116878-80ca-43d3-a39c-1d8ba6b779c3

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys heterothrix

(C. H. Merriam, 1902)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

heterothrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:90161

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e42f6af8-8832-43e5-8071-da19f1ab6a7e

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2364940

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys salvini nigrescens

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Liomys salvini

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

salvini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys salvini vulcani

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

vulcani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys salvini crispus

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

crispus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

Liomys salvini salvini

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

salvini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)

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