Heteromys

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Heteromys
Heteromys desmarestianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Heteromyinae
Genus: Heteromys
Desmarest, 1817
Type species
Mus anomalus

Thompson, 1815.

Heteromys is a genus of

Distribution

Heteromyines are distributed from southern

caviomorph rodents, they arrived in the continent relatively recently as part of the Great American Interchange
. They inhabit mainly forests; some are also found in scrubland.

Taxonomy

The genus Heteromys comprises the following species of spiny pocket mice:

References