The Slim-tailed Spiny Pocket Mouse is an uncommon forest-floor rodent of humid tropical forests in Costa Rica and Panama. Its thin tail is noticeably more slender than related species. Very little is known about its ecology and the species is known from few museum specimens.
Habitat
Humid tropical forests of Costa Rica and Panama
Diet
Seeds and plant material
How common
Very rare
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