Nelson's Spiny Pocket Mouse is known from very few specimens collected in the cloud forests of Chiapas, Mexico, and adjacent Guatemala. It is one of the rarest and least-known rodents in North America, with its exact population size and ecology essentially unstudied. Named for Edward W. Nelson, who collected extensively in Mexico in the late 19th century.
Habitat
Cloud forests and montane forests of Chiapas and Guatemala
Diet
Seeds and plant material
How common
Very rare
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