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Heteromys (forest spiny pocket mice)

Synonyms: Saccomys; Sacomys; Xylomys

Wikipedia Abstract

Heteromys is a genus of rodents in the family Heteromyidae, commonly known as spiny pocket mice. It is the only extant genus in the subfamily Heteromyinae which also includes the extinct genera Diprionomys and Metaliomys. Heteromys was recently enlarged by inclusion of the members of formerly recognized heteromyine genus Liomys, which was found to be paraphyletic.
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Species

Heteromys anomalus (Trinidad spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys australis (southern spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys catopterius (Overlook Spiny Pocket Mouse)
Heteromys desmarestianus (Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys fuscatus
Heteromys gaumeri (Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys goldmani (Goldman's spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys nelsoni (Nelson's spiny pocket mouse) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Heteromys nubicolens (Cloud-dwelling Spiny Pocket Mouse)
Heteromys oasicus (Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Heteromys oresterus (mountain spiny pocket mouse) (Attributes)
Heteromys teleus (Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heteromys vulcani

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0