Heteromys
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Heteromys is a genus of rodent
in the family Heteromyidae
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It contains the following species:
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the family Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae
The family of rodents that include kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice and rock pocket mice is the Heteromyidae family. Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the Heteromys and Liomys genera are also found in forests and...
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It contains the following species:
- Trinidad Spiny Pocket MouseTrinidad Spiny Pocket MouseThe Trinidad Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
(Heteromys anomalus) - Southern Spiny Pocket MouseSouthern Spiny Pocket MouseThe Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
(Heteromys australis) - Overlook Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromys catopterius)
- Desmarest's Spiny Pocket MouseDesmarest's Spiny Pocket MouseDesmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
(Heteromys desmarestianus) - Gaumer's Spiny Pocket MouseGaumer's Spiny Pocket MouseGaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where it lives in lowland semideciduous forest and thorn scrub. The species is nocturnal and terrestrial; it is solitary and strongly...
(Heteromys gaumeri) - Goldman's Spiny Pocket MouseGoldman's Spiny Pocket MouseGoldman's Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It has been reported to be a subspecies of Heteromys desmarestianus. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat...
(Heteromys goldmani) - Nelson's Spiny Pocket MouseNelson's Spiny Pocket MouseNelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico and Guatemala.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Heteromys nelsoni) - Heteromys nubicolens
- Paraguaná Spiny Pocket MouseParaguaná spiny pocket mouseThe Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is known from two localities within the mostly arid Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela that provide mesic habitat with evergreen and semideciduous vegetation, such as terrestrial bromeliads....
(Heteromys oasicus) - Mountain Spiny Pocket MouseMountain Spiny Pocket MouseThe Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Heteromys oresterus) - Ecuadoran Spiny Pocket MouseEcuadoran spiny pocket mouseThe Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to central western Ecuador, where it is found at elevations from sea level to 2000 m on the coastal plain and western slopes of the Andes...
(Heteromys teleus)