Heteromys

Genus of rodents

Heteromys
Heteromys desmarestianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Heteromyinae
Genus: Heteromys
Desmarest, 1817
Type species
Mus anomalus
Thompson, 1815.

Heteromys is a genus of rodents in the family Heteromyidae,[1] 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.[2] Heteromys was recently enlarged by inclusion of the members of formerly recognized heteromyine genus Liomys, which was found to be paraphyletic.[3]

Distribution

Heteromyines are distributed from southern Texas to Ecuador and Venezuela, and include all but one of the castorimorph species of South America. Like all of South America's other non-caviomorph rodents, they arrived in the continent relatively recently as part of the Great American Interchange. They inhabit mainly forests; some are also found in scrubland.

Taxonomy

The genus Heteromys comprises the following species of spiny pocket mice:

References

Wikispecies has information related to Heteromys.
  1. ^ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ "Heteromyinae in the Paleobiology Database". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Hafner, J. C.; Light, J. E.; Hafner, D. J.; Hafner, M. S.; Reddington, E.; Rogers, D. S.; Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-413R1.1.
  4. ^ Anderson, R. P.; Gutiérrez, E. E (December 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. 331: 33–93. doi:10.1206/582-2.1. S2CID 41011596.
  5. ^ Anderson, R. P.; Timm, R. N. (2006). "A new montane species of spiny pocket mouse (Rodentia, Heteromyidae, Heteromys) from northwestern Costa Rica". American Museum Novitates (3509): 1–38. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3509[1:ANMSOS]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 1353074.
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Extant species of family Heteromyidae (subfamily Heteromyinae (Spiny pocket mice))
Heteromys
  • Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys adspersus)
  • Trinidad spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys anomalus)
  • Southern spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys australis)
  • Overlook spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys catopterius)
  • Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys desmarestianus)
  • Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri)
  • Goldman's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys goldmani)
  • Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys irroratus)
  • Nelson's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys nelsoni)
  • Heteromys nubicolens
  • Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oasicus)
  • Mountain spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oresterus)
  • Painted spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys pictus)
  • Salvin's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys salvini)
  • Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys spectabilis)
  • Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus)
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