Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse

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Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Genus: Heteromys
Species: H. oresterus
Binomial name
Heteromys oresterus
Harris, 1932

The Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromys oresterus) is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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