Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
Genus Heteromys Desmarest, 1817 - forest spiny pocket mice
1 Heteromys anomalus (Thompson, 1815) - Trinidad spiny pocket mouse
2 Heteromys australis Thomas, 1901 - southern spiny pocket mouse
3 Heteromys desmarestianus Gray, 1868 - Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse
4 Heteromys gaumeri J. A. Allen & Chapman, 1897 - Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse
5 Heteromys goldmani Merriam, 1902 - Goldman's spiny pocket mouse
6 Heteromys nelsoni Merriam, 1902 - Nelson's spiny pocket mouse
7 Heteromys oresterus Harris, 1932 - mountain spiny pocket mouse