Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Heteromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 844-858 : 851

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Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897 View in CoL

Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri J. A. Allen and Chapman 1897 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 9: 9.

Type Locality: Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen-Itza.

Vernacular Names: Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse.

Distribution: Endemic to Yucatan Peninsula ( Mexico), N Belize, and N Guatemala.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Heteromys . Reviewed by Engstrom et al. (1987 a) and Schmidt et al. (1989, Mammalian Species No. 345). Both Engstrom et al. (1987 a) and Rogers (1990) suggested that this taxon might deserve separate subgeneric status, as yet unnamed.

References

Engstrom, M. D., H. H. Genoways, and P. K. Tucker. 1987 a. Morphological variation, karyology, and systematic relationships of Heteromys gaumeri (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Pp. 289 - 303, in Studies in neotropical mammalogy. Essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz (B. D. Patterson and R. M. Timm, eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 39: 1 - 506.

Rogers, D. S. 1990. Genic evolution, historical biogeography, and systematic relationships among spiny pocket mice (subfamily Heteromyinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 71: 668 - 685.

Schmidt, C. A., M. D. Engstrom, and H. H. Genoways. 1989. Heteromys gaumeri. Mammalian Species, 345: 1 - 4.