Salvin's spiny pocket mouse

Salvin's spiny pocket mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Heteromys
Species:
H. salvini
Binomial name
Heteromys salvini
Thomas, 1893
Synonyms
  • Liomys salvini

Salvin's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys salvini) is a small to medium-sized rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Liomys, which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into Heteromys.[2]

  1. ^ Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L.; Reid, F.; Cuarón, A.D. (2016). "Heteromys salvini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12076A22225346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12076A22225346.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hafner, J. C.; Light, J. E.; Hafner, D. J.; Hafner, M. S.; Reddington, E.; Rogers, D. S.; Riddle, B. R. (2007-10-18). "Basal Clades and Molecular Systematics of Heteromyid Rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1129–1145. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-413R1.1.