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)

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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 mass48.7 gN = 21Vâzquez et al. 2000
♀ ear length11 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ ear length13.5 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ ear length12 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ ear length13.5 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ head and body length104 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♀ hind foot length26 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ hind foot length27 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ hind foot length24.8 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ hind foot length28 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ skull length30 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ skull length29.6 mmN = 26Genoways 1971
♀ skull length31.7 mmN = 16Genoways 1971
♀ skull length31.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ skull length30.4 mmN = 20Genoways 1971
♂ skull length32.1 mmN = 20Genoways 1971
♀ skull width13.5 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ skull width13.9 mmN = 23Genoways 1971
♀ skull width14.7 mmN = 16Genoways 1971
♀ skull width15.2 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ skull width14.0 mmN = 19Genoways 1971
♂ skull width15.0 mmN = 16Genoways 1971
♀ tail length116 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ tail length123 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ tail length113 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ tail length115 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ total body length190 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ total body length220 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♂ total body length230 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ upper tooth row length5 mmN = 1Allen 1897
♀ upper tooth row length4.8 mmN = 27Genoways 1971
♀ upper tooth row length4.9 mmN = 15Genoways 1971
♀ upper tooth row length4.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1893
♂ upper tooth row length4.8 mmN = 22Genoways 1971
♂ upper tooth row length5.0 mmN = 22Genoways 1971

See also Liomys, Liomys irroratus, Liomys sp., Liomys spectabilis