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SPECIES Heteromys (Heteromys) oasicus

Author:Anderson, 2003.
Citation:Am. Mus. Novit., 3396: 9.
Common Name:Paraguaná Spiny Pocket Mouse
Type Locality:Venezuela, Estado Falcón, 42 km N, 32 km W or Coro, Cerro Santa Ana, 550 m.
Distribution:Known only from Cerro Santa Ana and the Fila de Monte Cano on the Penínsulsa de Paraguaná, Estado Falcón, Venezuela.
Comments:This is the species recognized by Handley (1976) as undescribed at that time; reported as H. anomalus by Bisbal-E. (1990).
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