The Panama Spiny Pocket Mouse is a heteromyid rodent inhabiting tropical dry forests of Panama and Costa Rica at the southern boundary of North America. It is a ground-foraging seed specialist with mixed soft and spiny fur on its back and external cheek pouches for carrying seeds. Very little is known about its population size or ecology.
Habitat
Tropical dry forests and open woodlands of Central America
Diet
Seeds and plant material
How common
Very rare
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