Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys oresterus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyHeteromyidae (Kangaroo Rats and Pocket Mice)
- GenusHeteromys (Spiny Pocket Mice)
- SpeciesHeteromys oresterus (Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse)
Closest Relatives at Los Quetzales National Park
Red-tailed Squirrel
Sciurus granatensis
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sphiggurus mexicanus
Alston's Brown Mouse
Scotinomys teguina
Mexican Deer Mouse
Peromyscus mexicanus
Variegated Squirrel
Sciurus variegatoides
Boquete Rice Rat
Nephelomys devius
Central American Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus alfari
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse at Los Quetzales National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🕐 When They’re Spotted
Sightings of Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |