Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys adspersus

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae

The Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys adspersus), also known as Peter's spiny pocket mouse, is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Panama. It is very closely related to Salvin's spiny pocket mouse, and has been placed in the same species group by some authors. It was formerly placed in the genus Liomys, which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into Heteromys.

Distribution

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Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse

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