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--> FAMILY Heteromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Perognathinae
--> GENUS Chaetodipus
SPECIES Chaetodipus penicillatus
| Author: | Woodhouse, 1852. | | Citation: | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 6: 200. | | Common Name: | Desert Pocket Mouse | | Type Locality: | USA, San Francisco Mountains, New Mexico (fixed to Arizona, Yuma Co., 1 mi [1.6 km] SW Parker by Hoffmeister and Lee, 1967). | | Distribution: | SE California and S Nevada to S Arizona and SW New Mexico (USA) to NE Baja California and Sonora (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Revised by Hoffmeister and Lee (1967). Subspecies reviewed by Williams et al. (1993). Excludes Chihuahuan Desert subspecies atrodorsalis and eremicus, now regarded as a separate species, C. eremicus (see account above and Lee et al., 1996). |
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