Heteromys spectabilis

(Genoways, 1971)

Jaliscan Spiny Pocket Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Castorimorphi
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Heteromyinae
Genus: Heteromys
Subgenus: Liomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Genoways, H.H. 1971. A new species of spiny pocket mouse (genus Liomys) from Jalisco, Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas 5:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4076113

Original name as described

Liomys spectabilis

Type material

KU:M:96051

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=93ea3498-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Type locality

2 mi NE Contla, 3, 850 ft, Jalisco, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

moved from Liomys to Heteromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Hafner, J.C., Light, J.E., Hafner, D.J., Hafner, M.S., Reddington, E., Rogers, D.S. and Riddle, B.R. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5):1129-1145. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-413R1.1

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001925

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Liomys spectabilis

Genoways, 1971

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

spectabilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:96051

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

2.2 mi NE Contla, 3850 ft, Jalisco

Type locality

Mexico: Jalisco.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=93ea3498-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4076113

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69022)
Williams, Genoways & Braun (1993:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34982)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8558)
Alhajeri & Steppan (2025:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69466)

Heteromys spectabilis:

J. C. Hafner, Light, D. J. Hafner, M. S. Hafner, Reddington, D. S. Rogers, & Riddle, 2007

Family

Heteromyidae

Root name

spectabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1140

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Hafner, Light, Hafner, Hafner, Reddington, Rogers & Riddle (2007:1140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6745)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12077/22225458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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