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Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson 2003
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Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson 2003
Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3396: 9.
Type Locality: Venezuela, Estado Falcón, 42 km N, 32 km W or Coro, Cerro Santa Ana, 550 m.
Vernacular Names: Paraguana Spiny Pocket Mouse.
Distribution: Known only from Cerro Santa Ana and the Fila de Monte Cano on the Penínsulsa de Paraguaná, Estado Falcón, Venezuela.
Discussion: This is the species recognized by Handley (1976) as undescribed at that time; reported as H. anomalus by Bisbal-E. (1990).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, pp. 844-858 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 851, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Scientific name authorship
- Anderson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Heteromyidae
- Genus
- Heteromys
- Species
- oasicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus Anderson, 2003 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.