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Cloud-dwelling Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys nubicolens

Classification

The cloud-dwelling spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys nubicolens) is a species of rodent (Rodentia) that is endemic to the high elevations of Cordillera de Tilarán and Cordillera de Guanacaste within Costa Rica. It is contained within the Heteromys desmarestianus species complex. Taxonomy and etymology The cloud-dwelling spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys nubicolens) is contained within the subfamily Heteromyinae (spiny pocket mice), which represents a monophyletic grouping within the rodent family Heteromyidae.

Distribution

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