Heteromys teleus

R. P. Anderson & Jarrín-Valladares, 2002

Ecuadorean 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

Anderson, R.P. and Jarrín-Valladares, P. 2002-08. A new species of spiny pocket mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) endemic to western Ecuador. American Museum Novitates 3382:1-26.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60883300

Original name as described

Heteromys teleus

Other common names

Ecuadoran Spiny Pocket Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-64694

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-64694

Type locality

"Ecuador: Provincia Guayas: Cerro Manglar Alto, western slope."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001926

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 teleus

R. P. Anderson & Jarrín-Valladares, 2002

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

teleus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-64694

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-64694

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60883300

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136333/22223930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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