Liomys irroratus

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Noun1.Liomys irroratus - large pocket mouse of MexicoLiomys irroratus - large pocket mouse of Mexico  
pocket mouse - any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
genus Liomys, Liomys - pocket mice
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sumichrasti (Ramirez et al., 2005c), R megalotis (Sanchez and Oliva, 2005), Neotomodon alstoni (Chavez, 2005), Neotoma mexicana (Zarza and Ceballos, 2005), Liomys irroratus (Espinosa and Chavez, 2005), Dipodomys phillipsi (Oliva, 2005), Sigmodon leucotis (Ramirez et al., 2005b), and Pappogeomys merriami (Villa and Valencia, 1991), were present.
Allen, 1890 HETEROMYIDAE Liomys irroratus NA (Gray, 1868) GEOMYIDAE Cratogeomys fumosus MA EM (Merriam, 1894) Pappogeomys bulleri MA EM (Thomas, 1892) CRICETIDAE Baiomys taylori NA (Thomas, 1887) Neotoma mexicana NA Baird, 1855 Peromyscus sp.
This phenomenon was suggested by Pinkham (1977) to explain the limb correlation relationships observed in the quadrupedal Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Liomys irroratus) a form that closely resembles the ancestral, fossil form of all the Heteromyidae, and its bipedal relative, the kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami).
Sigmodon hispidus, Peromyscus leucopus, and Liomys irroratus were the most abundant rodents in the native woodland and replanted habitats where they together comprised 88% and 90%, respectively, of the individuals captured.
For analysis of differences with respect to body size of prey, rodents and shrews were divided into three size classes: >75 g (Geomys personatus, Neotoma micropus, and Sigmodon hispidus); 30-40 g (Chaetodipus hispidus, Liomys irroratus, and Onychomys leucogaster); <20 g (Cryptotis parva, Notiosorex crawfordi, Perognathus merriami, Peromyscus leucopus, and Reithrodontomys fulvescens).
2005 parasitando a dos roedores: Liomys irroratus Gray, 1868 y Peromyscus difficilis Allen, 1891 (Lamothe-Argumedo et al.
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