Taxonomy Profile: Heteromys anomalus (Thompson 1815)

Heteromys anomalus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse []
Trinidad Spiny Pocket Mouse []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Heteromys anomalus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Castorimorpha
Family : Heteromyidae
heteromyid rodents |
Pocket Mice |
Kangaroo Rats |
Kangaroo Mice |
Subfamily : Heteromyinae
Genus : Heteromys
Forest Spiny Pocket Mice |
Species : Heteromys anomalus
Caribbean Spiny Pocket Mouse |
Trinidad Spiny Pocket Mouse |
Heteromys anomalus Direct Children(s):
Heteromys anomalus hershkovitzi
(Hernández-Camacho 1956)
Heteromys anomalus jesupi
(J A Allen 1899)
Heteromys anomalus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
James L. Patton
Notes:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rogers, Duke S., and Malinda W. González
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-11-01 / 2010-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogenetic relationships among spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 91, no. 4
Page(s):
914-930
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-2372
Notes:
doi: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-287.1
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Anderson, Robert P., and Eliécer E. Gutiérrez
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-01-01 / 2009-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Chapter 2. Taxonomy, Distribution, and Natural History of the Genus Heteromys (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in Central and Eastern Venezuela, with the Description of a New Species from the Cordillera de la Costa
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 331, no. 1
Page(s):
33-93
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0090
Notes:
Available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1206/582-2.1
Reference for:
Heteromys anomalus
Heteromys anomalus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Heteromys anomalus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Heteromys. Subspecies listed by Williams et al. (1993) and distribution mapped by Eisenberg (1989) and Anderson (1999 [2000]). As currently understood, anomalus is likely composite. Anderson (2002) recently described H. oasicus from NW Venezuela, a taxon that Handley (1976) regarded as distinct from anomalus. Populations from the Cordillera de la Costa of Venezuela, above 1000 m, also represent an undescribed species (R. P. Anderson, pers. comm.)