spiny pocket mouse

English

(Chaetopdipus spinatus)

Noun

spiny pocket mouse (plural spiny pocket mice)

1. Any of the small rodents in the genus Heteromys, the only extant genus in the subfamily Heteromyinae of the family Heteromyidae.
2. A small rodent in another genus of the Heteromyidae, Chaetodipus spinatus.

Translations

rodent of the genus Heteromys

• Finnish: hyppyhiiri

Chaetopdipus spinatus

• Finnish: piikkitaskuhiiri