Painted spiny pocket mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Painted spiny pocket mouse Liomys pictus

Where the painted spiny pocket mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 811 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Liomys pictus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Heteromyidae

Where does the painted spiny pocket mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the painted spiny pocket mouse in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

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.

What kind of animal is the painted spiny pocket mouse?

The painted spiny pocket mouse (Liomys pictus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Heteromyidae, genus Liomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the painted spiny pocket mouse

The painted spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys pictus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and the northern tip of Guatemala. It was formerly placed in the genus Liomys, which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into Heteromys.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Painted spiny pocket mouse (revision 1315132796), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q115757 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).