Liomys pictus (rodent)
Variant names: Heteromys pictus
Mass: 48.7 g based on Vâzquez et al. 2000
Abundance: 1.63 to 92.98% (median 66.33%)
Latitudinal range: 16.4° to 19.5°Habitats: (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7)
Found in 9 samples
Mexico: El Rancho (rodents), Huamuchil (rodents), Las Joyas Scientific Station (disturbed area), Chamela Biological Station, Cuauhtémoc, Playa de Oro, El Chorro (Sherman traps), Carrizal Viejo (Sherman traps), Santa Marta rock-shelter (Holocene)
Size measurements:
body mass | 48.7 g | N = 21 | Vâzquez et al. 2000 |
♀ ear length | 11 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ ear length | 13.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ ear length | 12 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ ear length | 13.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ head and body length | 104 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♀ hind foot length | 26 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ hind foot length | 27 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ hind foot length | 24.8 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ hind foot length | 28 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ skull length | 30 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ skull length | 29.6 mm | N = 26 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ skull length | 31.7 mm | N = 16 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ skull length | 31.6 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ skull length | 30.4 mm | N = 20 | Genoways 1971 |
♂ skull length | 32.1 mm | N = 20 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ skull width | 13.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ skull width | 13.9 mm | N = 23 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ skull width | 14.7 mm | N = 16 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ skull width | 15.2 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ skull width | 14.0 mm | N = 19 | Genoways 1971 |
♂ skull width | 15.0 mm | N = 16 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ tail length | 116 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ tail length | 123 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ tail length | 113 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ tail length | 115 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ total body length | 190 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ total body length | 220 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♂ total body length | 230 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1897 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 4.8 mm | N = 27 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 4.9 mm | N = 15 | Genoways 1971 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 4.3 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1893 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 4.8 mm | N = 22 | Genoways 1971 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 5.0 mm | N = 22 | Genoways 1971 |
See also Liomys, Liomys irroratus, Liomys sp., Liomys spectabilis