Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse
Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where it lives in lowland semideciduous forest and thorn scrub.[1] The species is nocturnal and terrestrial; it is solitary and strongly territorial.[1] It is named after physician and biologist George F. Gaumer, who lived in the Yucatán from 1885 to 1929.
| Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Heteromys |
| Species: | H. gaumeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteromys gaumeri J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897 | |
References
- Vázquez, E.; Emmons, L.; Reid, F. & Cuarón, A.D. (2008). "Heteromys gaumeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Schmidt, Cheryl A., Mark D. Engstrom, and Hugh H. Genoways. "Heteromys gaumeri." (1989).
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