Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse

Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Heteromys
Species:	H. desmarestianus
Binomial name
*Heteromys desmarestianus* Gray, 1868

Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys desmarestianus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

References

↑ Timm, R., McCarthy, T. & Samudio, R. (2008). Heteromys desmarestianus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

Extant species of family Heteromyidae (subfamily Heteromyinae (Spiny pocket mice))

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Geomyoidea

Heteromys	Trinidad spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys anomalus) Southern spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys australis) Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys desmarestianus) Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) Goldman's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys goldmani) Nelson's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys nelsoni) Heteromys nubicolens Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oasicus) Mountain spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oresterus) Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus)

Liomys	Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Liomys adspersus) Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Liomys irroratus) Painted spiny pocket mouse (Liomys pictus) Salvin's spiny pocket mouse (Liomys salvini) Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (Liomys spectabilis)

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