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--> SUBGENUS Heteromys
SPECIES Heteromys (Heteromys) gaumeri
| Author: | J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9: 9. | | Common Name: | Gaumer’s Spiny Pocket Mouse | | Type Locality: | Mexico, Yucatan, Chichen-Itza. | | Distribution: | Endemic to Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), N Belize, and N Guatemala. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Heteromys. Reviewed by Engstrom et al. (1987a) and Schmidt et al. (1989, Mammalian Species No. 345). Both Engstrom et al. (1987a) and Rogers (1990) suggested that this taxon might deserve separate subgeneric status, as yet unnamed. |
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