Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Heteromys gaumeri
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse endangered?

The Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse?

The Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Heteromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse

Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys gaumeri) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where it lives in lowland semideciduous forest and thorn scrub. The species is nocturnal and terrestrial; it is solitary and strongly territorial. It is named after physician and biologist George F. Gaumer, who lived in the Yucatán from 1885 to 1929.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse (revision 1314288539), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q74238 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).