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Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Heteromyidae
Genus:	Heteromys
Species:	H. teleus
Binomial name
Heteromys teleus Anderson & Jarrín, 2002

The Ecuadoran spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys teleus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to central western Ecuador, where it is found at elevations from sea level to 2000 m on the coastal plain and western slopes of the Andes. The species is nocturnal and lives in dry tropical evergreen forests of the southernmost extension of the Choco; it creates well-defined runways, and is often found near streams. It is threatened by deforestation and fragmentation of its remaining habitat.

References

1. ^ Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2018). "Heteromys teleus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136333A22223930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136333A22223930.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Heteromyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 851. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Anderson, R. P.; Jarrín-V, P. (2002-08-16). "A New Species of Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) Endemic to Western Ecuador". American Museum Novitates (3382): 1–26. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)382<0001:ANSOSP>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 80876477. Retrieved 2012-11-22.

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