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title: "Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse"
description: "Heteromys pictus — Mammifères. The painted spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys pictus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/painted-spiny-pocket-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse

> Heteromys pictus — Mammifères. The painted spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys pictus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

- Scientific name: *Heteromys pictus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 80
- Wikidata: [Q27915664](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27915664)
- iNaturalist taxon: [520568](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/520568)

## Names

- en: Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse
- de: Bunte Stacheltaschenmaus
- es: Ratón espinoso pintado

## Countries with the most observations

MX (67)

## Summary

The painted spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys pictus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Mexico and the northern tip of Guatemala. It was formerly placed in the genus Liomys, which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into Heteromys.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_spiny_pocket_mouse

## Photo

![Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-spiny-pocket-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162077988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-spiny-pocket-mouse?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).