Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse
Species of rodent
| Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Heteromys |
| Species: | H. teleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteromys teleus Anderson & Jarrín, 2002 | |
The Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2][3] 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. The species is nocturnal and lives in dry tropical evergreen forests of the southernmost extension of the Choco; it creates well-defined runways, and is often found near streams.[1] It is threatened by deforestation and fragmentation of its remaining habitat.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2018). "Heteromys teleus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136333A22223930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136333A22223930.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Anderson, R. P.; Jarrín-V, P. (2002-08-16). "A New Species of Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) Endemic to Western Ecuador". American Museum Novitates (3382): 1–26. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)382<0001:ANSOSP>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 80876477. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
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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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