Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse
Species of rodent
| Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Heteromys |
| Species: | H. oasicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteromys oasicus Anderson, 2003 | |
The Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oasicus) is a South American species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is known from two localities at elevations above 200 m, Cerro Santa Ana and the Fila de Monte Cano, within the Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela.[1] While this region consists mostly of arid shrublands, this pocket mouse is found in elevated areas that provide cloud forest or mesic habitat with evergreen and semideciduous vegetation, such as terrestrial bromeliads.[1] It is more likely to be found near streams. The species is threatened by habitat degradation due to goat grazing and development.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Anderson, R.P. & Ochoa., J. (2008). "Heteromys oasicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136638A4321116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136638A4321116.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ 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. p. 851. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of family Heteromyidae (subfamily Heteromyinae (Spiny pocket mice))
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Superfamily: Geomyoidea
- 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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