Biology:Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Heteromys |
| Species: | H. teleus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteromys teleus Anderson & Jarrín, 2002
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The Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2][3] It is endemic to central western Ecuador, where it is found at elevations from sea level to 2000 m on the coastal plain and western slopes of the Andes. The species is nocturnal and lives in dry tropical evergreen forests of the southernmost extension of the Choco; it creates well-defined runways, and is often found near streams.[1] It is threatened by deforestation and fragmentation of its remaining habitat.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2018). "Heteromys teleus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T136333A22223930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136333A22223930.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136333/22223930. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 851. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12700181.
- ↑ Anderson, R. P.; Jarrín-V, P. (2002-08-16). "A New Species of Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) Endemic to Western Ecuador". American Museum Novitates (3382): 1–26. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)382<0001:ANSOSP>2.0.CO;2. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282002%29382%3C0001:ANSOSP%3E2.0.CO%3B2#n3. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
Wikidata ☰ Q84080 entry
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