Gaumer's_spiny_pocket_mouse

Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse

Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse

Species of rodent

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.

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References

  1. [1]
    Reid, F.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Heteromys gaumeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10007A22223646. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10007A22223646.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Schmidt, Cheryl A., Mark D. Engstrom, and Hugh H. Genoways. "Heteromys gaumeri." (1989).


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