| Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Heteromyidae |
| Genus: | Heteromys |
| Species: |
H. oasicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteromys oasicus Anderson, 2003 | |
The Paraguaná spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys oasicus) is a South American species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.[2] It is known from two localities at elevations above 200 m, Cerro Santa Ana and the Fila de Monte Cano, within the Paraguaná PeninsulainVenezuela.[1] While this region consists mostly of arid shrublands, this pocket mouse is found in elevated areas that provide cloud forestormesic habitat with evergreen and semideciduous vegetation, such as terrestrial bromeliads.[1] It is more likely to be found near streams. The species is threatened by habitat degradation due to goat grazing and development.[1]
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